Nikon D90 - Page 3

Well, there was a time when it didn't. Canon was the only one producing a serious digital body for sports shooters or anyone that needed high fps. Last year that started to change. The new cameras nikon introduced were monsters. Aside from that, different systems have their advantages and disadvantages. You have to ignore the hype that surrounds each brand and figure out what suits your needs. I personally bought olympus because of the 4/3 system and the oly glass. It allows me to get more range with less bulky glass. Every piece I've bought is weather/dust-proof (high grade and super high grade lines). The down side is that oly will never be as good as canon/nikon for high ISO shooting because they use a smaller sensor, but this smaller sensor enables them to make smaller lenses that are still extremely capable but less big. Everything is a trade-off. Do your homework and figure out which trade-offs you can live with.

I ended up choosing the Pentax K-x. I'm a big fan of the body and I like the community on pentaxforums.com. There's quite a library of used lenses and things aren't that expensive; just a couple weeks ago, I grabbed an old Pentax 70-200mm lens for around $30 and I've taken some nice nature shots with it already. This makes a lot of sense to me. edit: I know it doesn't need to be said, but I am a small-timer. I will likely never shoot with $2k glass.

I've got a D90 -- received as a gift. Takes fantastic photos, but seriously - it's way more camera than I need in terms of bells and whistles. It's got just an absurd number of possible settings and options (nearly all of which I ignore).

I have a Nikon D2X.

Agree with the first sentence, not so sure about the rest. The newest canon consumer model (T2i) has the same sensor and metering system as the 7D. Due to the high resolving power, DP review indicates that high quality glass is required to get the best out of it: "Unfortunately, however, the high pixel count of the 550D's CMOS sensor is something of a double-edged sword. Whilst it means that in optimal conditions, with a high quality lens attached, detail resolution is superb, it can also mean that when viewed at 100% on screen, images taken with cheaper, lower quality optics (including the bundled 'kit' option 18-55mm) look distinctly sub-par. It's an obvious point - higher resolution sensors make higher demands on lenses - but it is one which is easily overlooked in the race to put higher and higher pixel counts into low-end and enthusiast DSLRs. The unavoidable fact is that to get the most out of the 550D's sensor you really need to pair it with Canon's better lenses, which is a considerable investment. " The benefits of the 7D are better build quality, weather sealing, extra control wheel, higher FPS, better viewfinder, and better AF. IQ wise the T2i should be right with it. I guess there's an argument to be made as to whether the 7D is a "pro" body, but unless you exclude it due to the crop sensor, I don't see why it wouldn't meet the criteria. Canon's numbering scheme suggests that they consider it as such.

This is probably right but even that is changing. Nick told me that for a long time Canon had the edge on sports photography (Nick used to shoot sports) due to a faster AutoFocus capability. Nikon implemented new technology around five years ago and the advantage disappeared. This is why, I believe, you see a lot of white lenses at tennis matches and football games.

I slightly differ with this for two reasons:

1. There is an entire "prosumer" class of bodies that easily takes advantage of the better lenses. D90, D3000, F100 and other Nikons come to mind.

2. There are gradations in lens quality from Leica and Zeiss to Nikon ED and Canon to the mid-tier brands. It's like high end audio and artisan clothing however, where one feels he has "good enough" quality and "artisan quality" are two different levels and often price points.

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canon lost a lot of sports and photojournalists because of the 1dmkiii autofocus fiasco, along with the introduction of the class-leading nikon d3. not that it made any difference for people buying the rebel xsi or d40.

the canon XXd series and 7d are covered by CPS, so apparently they think pros use them.

you shoot with an f100, so you're basically abnormal as far as the market is concered. i bet you're waiting for a high res version of the d700. me too.

I can't believe that...nobody is going to drop thousands and thousands of dollars in lenses (considering they will be shooting with fast, LONG lenses...lenses that canon is better at making) because one body has intermittent focus issues that were eventually corrected. If it was seriously a problem, you just stuck with the previous body which had some of the best autofocus ever.

Maybe some new photographers switched, and maybe somebody who was on the edge about switching for other reasons finally made the switch, but lots? no way. Most probably hadn't even upgraded by the time the bug was fixed.

canon lost 10% market share in the professional segment. how that breaks up into people who switched and people who are just starting out professionally, who knows? this is just anecdotal, but i've read plenty of blog posts by professional photographers about switching from one brand to another, and it's mostly been from canon to nikon in the last few years.

They do. There are plenty of wedding photographers making a living off the 40D or 50D.

not that I don't agree that you can take fantastic pictures with all sorts of cameras (since the glass is more important...all the bodies these days take nice pictures, some just have other extra features)...but wedding photographers are a totally different category of "pro"

There are some truly fantastic photographers who work weddings...but for the most part you are paying them not because they can take better pictures than you, but because they can hide behind the camera while you actually pay attention to the wedding. I've known teenagers who made great money as wedding photographers (and took good looking photos) but who were years away from being able to make it as a real professional.