Why so many people use Canon???

[enyceckk]

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Saw this photo online while reading Sharapova beats Simona Halep in French Open final.

Where are the Nikon at? Doesn't Nikon have better sensor? Like the D7100 vs 70D

I own a Nikon, and planning to go Canon because of Magic Lantern. But will wait to see what Canon and Nikon will release later this year.

 

[jaomul]

Canon may have been one of the sponsors of this event. Also they make great cameras. Internet charts are often nit overly useful in real life

 

[enyceckk]

You are right.. Canon lens does look better at the same price range.

Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR II Nikkor Lens Image Quality

 

[Overread19 7]

Canon has BIG WHITE LENSES.

The result of this is when a Canon user shoots at any sporting event they stand out really well - it advertises for Canon without any effort. In addition a few years back Canon were ruling the roost DSLR wise - everyone was going Canon, esp in the long lens and sports departments. Now in todays market Nikon has really pushed their game and many think that they've superior sensors and noise control over Canon.

However many of those sports togs likely have so much invested that the gain in jumping system just isn't worth it for the costs involved in trading one setup for the other.

 

[limr32 1]

Canon has been an official sponsor of a lot of sporting events, including the U.S. Open, UEFA cups and a few World Cups. Its uSA division is also an official sponsor of the NY Yankees and the NFL. They've got a lot of money to make themselves visible at these events.

I watched the Belmont race yesterday and every photographer there had bright yellow Nikon vests to go with their Nikon cameras and lenses.

To answer your question, you just have to follow the money.

 

[BGeise]

Just wait Sony will be giving the big two a run for their money here shortly. Sony isn't afraid to try new innovative things

 

[jaomul]

Sony are big sponsors of upcoming soccer world cup. Can't see their A7 doing the do their though

 

[hombredelmar]

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Saw this photo online while reading Sharapova beats Simona Halep in French Open final.

Where are the Nikon at? Doesn't Nikon have better sensor? Like the D7100 vs 70D

I own a Nikon, and planning to go Canon because of Magic Lantern. But will wait to see what Canon and Nikon will release later this year.

It is a lifelong debate Nikon vs Canon. I posted similar question a while ago and was informed by our forum members that it is not a matter of what is better rather who is behind the camera. It made sense to me

 

[480sparky42 42]

Canon is like Apple. They have to give away their products and do expensive sponsorships in order to stay in business.

 

[radiogooroo]

I'm a radio broadcast engineer and I was courtside at the NCAA Final Four a few months ago. There were multiple cameras mounted along the edge of the stage that the court was built upon. About half were Nikons, mostly D4s with the 24-70, on some sort of robotic mount and ethernet tethered.

 

[manaheim]

Canon is a MASSIVE company with far more resources available. There is a chicken/egg question there, but I honestly think it is because Canon makes all KINDS of stuff... and Nikon sticks to cameras and optics. Diversification is how you grow a business.

 

[radiogooroo]

 

[KmH]

Just wait Sony will be giving the big two a run for their money here shortly. Sony isn't afraid to try new innovative things

Sony stock isn't worth near as much these days as it was 14 years ago (late 1999) when it peaked at $140 or so a share.
Today it's about $16 a share because Sony is not nearly as innovative as they once were.

 

[radiogooroo]

And here's a tiny portion of the wide shot above showing the tethered D4s on the edge of the court. I may have been wrong earlier. It doesn't look like there are any white Canon lenses there.

 

[goodguy]

Why so many people use Canon ?

I am not sure anyone has true statistics on how many people use Canon and how many use Nikon.
We can only use our eyes when we walk around and statistically it means very little.
I believe Canon does sell more DSLR then Nikon so I guess that say something.

I go every second weekend out and to me it looks like there roughly is a tie between the amount of Nikon and Canon DSLRs that I see in peoples hands.

If you question was is Nikon better then Canon and how come more people by Canon then I think if thats true you can explain it by Canon has a better PR department, yuo can say in the past they were indeed better and people are still under the impression it is still so today.

Makes no different, everybody should vote with their wallet in whats good for them, at the end of the day as people said many times its all about the person behind the camera, all modern cameras can create good pictures, some better then other but all are very capable so it really is about your own skills that makes the true differance.