[Leica] OT: Nikon D300 impressions so far

[heninger at adobe.com (Wade Heninger)]

On Jan 20, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> To me - I do not have either camera - the Nikon seems to be a far  
> superior
> system in every way but for  weight - even here a Nikon D40x + AFS  
> VR 18-200
> lens is an ideal carry around outfit (this I have!)
>
> I really don't understand why this topic keeps recurring - for a  
> straight
> ahead SLR digital system, why would anyone look past Nikon or Canon  
> at all?
> They are available at every price point, make upgrading easy, and  
> have every
> accessory you would ever want. Unless you have M42/Leica R lenses,  
> and are
> dead bent on manual focusing!

As someone who had used Nikon for years before switching to Canon this  
past fall (40d, documented in a previous post), I have to say that I  
might end up buying some R glass and that might be the only  
differentiator.  I kinda hate some of the ergonomics of the canon (the  
on off switch is in the *stupidest* place) but most everything else  
I'm enjoying.  Its a very different tool than the M8, but I like it  
for many things...

It took quite awhile for me to get a zoom lens on the canon I was  
happy with.  But of course, if I was going to do manual focus primes,  
ahem, I have an M8...


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