Thomas Bantel wrote:
> > Alan Bell wrote:
> > Finally, I bit the bullet and did an exhaustive comparison of
> > Canon and Nikkor lenses on Photodo and Photozone.
> > In general, the Canons beat the Nikkors.
> Well, maybe the teles. Nikon still has a slight edge IMHO on the wide side.
> What I don't understand is, why Nikon uses silent wave only in expensive
> lenses and fails to combine it with their version of IS. This will cost them
> a bunch of customers.
[snip]
> Interesting. What kind of situations do you mean? It's always good to have
> some ammunition for the never ending Canon vs Nikon flame war
This isn't ammunition for a flame war, and is merely anecdotal, but I found it
interesing:
I've been taking a rather informal photo critique class at my local arts center,
and four of the eight participants are a group of young women who are basically
beginners. Since the course was intended as a critique class and not a �how-to�
class, I've had a couple sessions with the four outside the class to help them
learn how to use their cameras. Three of them have Rebel 2000s (EOS 300) with the
kit 28-80 lens, and one has a Nikon N65 with its kit 28-80 lens. THIS IS ENTIRELY
UNSCIENTIFIC, but what I've observed is that while the Canon 28-80 has a shorter
specified minimum focusing distance (1.25 ft. (38cm) vs. 1.3 ft. (40cm)), in
practice the Nikon user appeared to be able to get a little closer to her subject,
and achieved greater magnification on the film, compared to the Rebel users (in
this instance, shooting butterflies in a controled environment). I've also noticed
that the N65 user seems to get better results in backlit situations than do the
Rebel users; she's particularly fond of side- and backlit portraits of her
children, and these almost always come out well-exposed. It's true that she's
easily the most talented of the four (she has an excellent �natural� eye for
composition), so perhaps that's a factor too.
I'm not looking to spark a debate here, just passing on some observations which I
found interesting. For balance, I might mention that some of the controls of the
N65 seem less easy to use than those of the Rebel�DOF preview, for example. Also,
we were unable to discover a way to manually dial in flash exposure compensation
on the N65 (she's misplaced her manual), a significant limitation IMO, if true.
The N65 also lacks a connector for a remote release, although I believe a wireless
release is available (?).
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