Minolta ceasing camera and accessory sales in Canada

sunshine · Nov 3, 2005

I read on the Konica Minolta site today that as of October 1,2005, they will cease sales in SLR cameras (digital and film) as well as accessories and lenses in Canada.
I own a Minota QTsi, and was planning in January to buy a newer Minolta film SLR with more manual features, but still the option to shoot with AF.
I have begun to take more portraits and have been a 2nd shooter for a couple of weddings. I do also love taking scenic pics, and I rarely shoot action.

Could someone help me decide on which brand to go with? Being that I have only shot with Minolta, I am lost when it comes to deciding which brand would be best for me..........

TIA

jstuedle · Nov 3, 2005

You know, this is going to start another Nikon/Canon slug fest. But my vote (as always) is Nikon. There are a lot of threads where this has been hashed out. Both are good "systems" and will do just about anything you ask them to do. I like Nikon because when they changed from MF to AF, they didn't abandon their base of MF shooters. I still use a ot of my long MF glass on my DSLR's. But for each argument I make for Nikon, the other guys have one too. So, pick them both up and get a feel for them and make a choice. (as long as it's Nikon, he he)

sunshine · Nov 3, 2005

TY for your opinion!

I hope I dont start a fued, but like I said, I really only know what it is like to shot with Minolta, and wasnt sure if maybe Nikon/Canon was more for action photography (or better) etc

Thank you for suggesting i just go and get my hands on them to see what it feel like. I am sure in the end I will have to do that anyhow

~Has either brand been around longer than the other do you know?
I am going to browse the other thread and see the arguements there as well

Thanks again!

ETA: I mainly started this thread b/c I feel VERY overwhelmed with the amount of options I have....I just dont know where to start looking...

celery · Nov 3, 2005

ebay is your answer to shopping even if minolta stops sending equipment to Canada.

Go to this link. This photog has an enormous collection of cameras and going into detail about each one.

Personally I like both Nikon and Canon. They both have certain cameras with great quality.

http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?repair.html~mainFrame

sunshine · Nov 3, 2005

I have bought a lense off of ebay, but it bothers me that I Really dont know the quality I am getting until I actually have it in my hands.

The lense was okay, but definately not what I was expecting.....

THANK YOU for that link, going to check it out now

jstuedle · Nov 3, 2005

~Has either brand been around longer than the other do you know?

I know that Nikon has had 35mm SLR's out since 1959, rangefinders before that. They both go back a long time, since WWII or so. And, they both got there start copying a German 35mm camera, one Contax and the other Zies, I think that's right. So either way, you will have a long history to back either camera line.