Canon or Sony

[chrisburke]

well heck everyone else has said, i may as well too.. the question shouldnt be canon or sony, it should be canon or nikon... which the answer from me is, nikon...

 

[Village Idiot]

the question should be Canon or Nikon, Sony is not a major player in this game at this point.

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I think I have a blender that was purchased was purchased from a rebranded company, of whose former brand was top-notch. The blender just broke. Companies have lots of reasons for rebranding and an awful lot can change in the process. I don't know much about Sony, but I do know that Canon's been doing it since the 30's and Nikon even before that (although, admittedly Nikon didn't formally adopt their name until the 80's). But regardless, Sony might be a great camera maker with a lot of history, but it strikes me that there's a reason Canon and Nikon dominate the market, even among professionals. It's going to take some proving on Sony's part before I believe they're actually producing a worthy contendor.

I stick to my guns. It's just a safer bet to stick to Nikon or Canon.

I bet that rebranded blender wasn't a 24mp full frame blender either.

 

[William Petruzzo]

Actually, we bought the blender in that really short period in time when they were putting cameras in everything. Who woulda thought there just wasn't really a market for a blender with a 24mp full frame sensor? I'll never spend that kind of money again!

 

[TJ K]

Yah I have decided to go with the xsi now I just think that i should skip the lens kit and just go with the 17-85mm lense because it seems to be so much better and zooms more. And for a place to buy it I saw a website name sigma4less.com with great prices and good reviews so it seems legit. Oh and will I need a lense hood and what are they for. Sorry for all the questions and thank you for anyone one who helps.

 

[Mystwalker]

Sony - Konica/Minolta
I am a believer that if you are doing things right, you will always have customers.
If you are doing thing right, there is no need to sell your business to someone else - or even worse, get taken over because you are doing something so wrong, others believe they can do better. If Konica/Minolta was doing things right, Sony would never have opportunity to take them over, buy them out, or whatever happened.

I am not saying "do not buy" Sony ... just commenting on the Sony-Konica/Minolta relationship.

If I were buying a new camera - Sony looks very very VERY attractive. The Axxx models are packed with features. Sony seem to know what consumers want - their marketing folks know all the phrases to catch your attention - caught my attention

Because I already own a DSLR, and I've touched Canon, Nikon and Sony ... I would go with Canon xxD or Nikon's D80/D300. To me, Sony does not feel solid - it just feels light/flimsy. Probably intentional, but just does not feel right to me.

Lastly, I would go Canon for a very simple and noobish reason ... I can identify a pro-level lens by looking at description. Canon pro-level lens all have "L" in description. Nikon, I have to look at picture of lens for a gold ring. Sony - I have no idea.