Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Jaya I observe that the Indian consumer society is not only democratic but also enigmatic They set their own criteria and decide on their choice almost always ignoring the pleas of marketing messages and advertising thrusts. They are also cost and quality concious and even conservative at most times. For these reasons - I am not surprised at their 'contined' choice of Nikon. In other consumables I note their penchant for 'old country'products eg from England etc But all these will change with the onslaught of IT, the Internet and the emerging global market situation. Joseph Low / Singapore --- Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: > Mark, > At least in India, as of now, Nikon is totally dominant 'and Canon is > non > existent - I have yet to see a wedding or event photographer shoot > with > one...they are the bread and butter pros, not the glamour boys who > shoot > cricket. Canon have, however, set up a subsidiary here recently, so > the > future might be different. > Cheers > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:45 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon Introduces 2 new digital SLR's > > > > On 8/24/05 8:04 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> typed: > > > >> There is an additional, very important reality in the > >> Canon-Nikon-everyone > >> else race: Canon at this point produces by far the cleanest > images at > >> high > >> isos. Period. No one else is coming close. Canon isn't winning > simply > >> because of advertising and PR, they're winning because they > Canon's are > >> delivering the quality images. > >> > > I think as conserved as pros are and a large sector of serious > amateurs > > about the necessity of using "the" camera. The camera which gives > them the > > most credibility. Their image as well as the image their camera > is > > producing: > > They are also concerned enough about the quality their camera is > getting > > enough to NOT use stuff which was significantly better than > something > > else. > > The Nikon D2x as far as stock agencies go and in other uses is > seen and > > for > > good reason I'm sure as being competitive imagery wise to the > Canon Full > > frame S. Hence people buying it, using it and continuing to stick > with > > their > > Nikon systems they've used for years. > > But its all USE. Sometimes you need much different image formats > than > > other > > times and its not always obvious which format and film vs. digital > you > > want > > to use for a given use. > > > > I met a second Oregonian photographer last week and he was > shooting with > > not > > a Nikon D2X but a Nikon D2H. 4 megapixel images. I'd already met > another > > one > > who did the same a few months ago and mentioned it on the LUG. > > It may easily be that all the Oregonian photographers use this > camera and > > that 4 megapixels is all newspaper photojournalism needs. They > don't need > > 12. And they don't need full frame. > > > > A guy who used to work at Camera World for years but is now doing > well as > > a > > commercial photographer I ran into at Pro photo last week. > > He's got the sides of all the busses plastered with the news teams > of some > > TV station. Huge images. Shot 4 megapixels with not the d2x which > he > > didn't > > have yet at that point but the d2H! > > So apparently 4 megapixels made from that camera which uses an > unusual not > > CMOS or other traditional capturing cells are good not just for 80 > screen > > newspaper shots on newsprint. But mural sized stuff. They're more > than one > > way to skin a cat. > > And its always or often what you don't think. > > > > Mark Rabiner > > Photography > > Portland Oregon > > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information >