Camera Confusion
28/08/08 01:33 Filed in: Photography | Personal
Today saw the launch of the Nikon D90 DSLR , the worlds first with VIdeo capture ability. The launch grabbed my attention and annoyingly a lot more so than the launch of the Canon 50D Yesterday. And why would that be? If anything it should be the other way around as I’m a canon DSLR user I have a 40D, The 50D has 15Mpx, 6.3fps , ISO up to 12,800, same high res screen as the high end nikons. Yet the launch was quiet, boring, very little excitement very little other the improved noise handling to get excited about and new marketing, no fancy website no demo video like the nikon got by a pro photographer. Now is this because of the camera can sell its self or because nikon are just more exciting than canon or because the D90 is aimed at the enthusiast end of the market and the 50D is for the pro amateur , semi pro market where mass marketing isn’t need?
Perhaps it’s a bit of everything but I feel Nikon has the edge in the market at the moment, They seem a lot more “cool” and marketable than canon does at the moment and also more importantly they appear to be innovating faster not just with cameras but also with new lenses that not only produce a high quality image but are made to a high quality and don’t look cheap even if the prices are. Where as I think canon are using lenses they’ve had for years and any most new lenses they are producing at the moment are the cheaper EF-S lenses such as the 55-250mm IS and the yet unreleased 18-200mm IS lens. Both these lenses resemble the kit lens and appear cheaply built and don’t feature the faster USM motors, which is a real shame if you ask me, especially with the 18-200mm having such a high price tag (£500+).
So all this leaves me wondering if sticking with canon is the right thing to do. I don’t think I’d sell all my canon gear just yet as The quality of the optics I have at the moment is really high and the 40D is a really great camera that has a higher shooting speed over the D90. But as I think on if I wished to upgrade my kit lens to something higher end such as an L lens then it would be closing in on the price of the D90 and with the D90’s kit lens being an 18-105mm VR then it may end up being a better solution. But before all of that I need to decide if it’s worth using 2 SLR systems, my thoughts at the moment is that yes it might well be worth it.
Perhaps it’s a bit of everything but I feel Nikon has the edge in the market at the moment, They seem a lot more “cool” and marketable than canon does at the moment and also more importantly they appear to be innovating faster not just with cameras but also with new lenses that not only produce a high quality image but are made to a high quality and don’t look cheap even if the prices are. Where as I think canon are using lenses they’ve had for years and any most new lenses they are producing at the moment are the cheaper EF-S lenses such as the 55-250mm IS and the yet unreleased 18-200mm IS lens. Both these lenses resemble the kit lens and appear cheaply built and don’t feature the faster USM motors, which is a real shame if you ask me, especially with the 18-200mm having such a high price tag (£500+).
So all this leaves me wondering if sticking with canon is the right thing to do. I don’t think I’d sell all my canon gear just yet as The quality of the optics I have at the moment is really high and the 40D is a really great camera that has a higher shooting speed over the D90. But as I think on if I wished to upgrade my kit lens to something higher end such as an L lens then it would be closing in on the price of the D90 and with the D90’s kit lens being an 18-105mm VR then it may end up being a better solution. But before all of that I need to decide if it’s worth using 2 SLR systems, my thoughts at the moment is that yes it might well be worth it.