Canon beats Nikon in New York
 

Currently on a break in New York and I am surprised by how many DLSR owners I see that are using Canon rather Nikon. Probably 3:1 in favour of Canon.

I am using my Canon S90 rather than my 400D+lenses. If I came again I would bring both. I was not sure how safe it would be walking around with a decent camera but no concerns at all now I am here.

Whilst this trip is good I bet a specific photographic trip in the company of like-minded souls is even better.

I am sure I will be posting some shots soon, although I guess many of them will come into the snapshot variety.

PS Best vallue of all in NYC must be the Staten Island ferry - free

Love NYC bit jealous its a great city.

As far as the canon nikon thing goes at college there is a 3.1 canon nikon ratio too.

All that proves is what we already know - 3:1 New Yorkers have no sense at all, no sense of the finer things in life and no appreciation of well made instruments - after all, they live there with murders, drugs and rubbish stacked up to their ears - and as for college kids - when did they ever heed good advice? :D - from an admirer of the "Gold & Black" and someone who knows that the only well balanced american has a chip on both shoulders.:p:D

Canon is a yuppie's brand, and there are lots of yuppies frequenting NY :P I bet they all have 18-200 zooms as well. Now Olympus, that's a camera with pedigree!

I agree Alex - excellent pedigree - all the way back to ancient Greece - I think they used to whirl them round their heads by the strap and see how far they could throw them - that started what we now know as hammer throwing in the modern Olympics - The ancient greeks were still waiting for someone to invent film so throwing them as far as possible was all they could come up with :D

I remember when it used to be at least a five horse race adding Olympus, Pentax & Minolta. Where did they go wrong?
Al.

To be serious for a moment - I agree Al, but do not forget Leica - still a prestigious brand. I think many were let down by development and marketing - they were unable to keep up with the market leaders, Nikon and Canon have swopped this spot for decades - usually lead by what the journalistic pro's used for newspaper copy. Now in the digital age these people still lead the rest of us in brand choice. I have always liked Nikon for their rugged reliability and excellent lens quality - Canon make equally good cameras, but of late their marketing has been much better than Nikon's. I for one wished that Nikon made a lens like the Canon 24 mm tilt shift for years - now they do.

Steady on chaps there are many of our American friends in the forum! Just because Canon is the most popular brand world wide you all get jealous. Many magazines who do reader surveys in this country time after time put Canon top for quality, reliability and customer satisfaction. If it placates you Andy I noticed in China that most compacts were Canon but most DSLR's were Nikon. Saw a few Fuji compacts but no other makes. Olympus USED to be at or near the top but that is ancient history, same with Pentax. I love the fact that Canon, Nikon and others like Sony push each other hard, good for all of us so just relax and accept Canon is best if not by much.

*cough* Leica *cough*

Still as good today as they were all those years back! A camera that was designed to outlive its owner.

Minox used to be a good brand, sure it was a very small, minor company with a small following but their products exude German quality. The Minox 35 I own is a poor man's Leica for sure.

And let us not forget the old man that passed away in the group, Yashica.

Mike, as if I - moi would insult anyone, as a man of the cloth I exude nothing but love and fellowship to all .... don't I???? :) call me old fashioned but I have to confess I still find it hard to remember they are no longer a British Colony and in prayer cannot make up my mind about giving thanks for that fact - with relief or regret??? :D

Yes indeed Andy you are a fine man of the cloth, you must be as you appreciate real ale and single malt. No finer praise than that, in fact I will even forgive you being a Nikon man, just shows your human failings. :D
Ah Leica Alex. Mechanical perfection and optics as good as it gets.Then came digital so still superb optics but Panasonic innards. Panasonic is Panasonic innards with Leica lenses so what is the difference? A name badge and a wad of money! Well at least for the lower end stuff, even the more expensive stuff will be largely Panasonic innards as Leica is just not financially up to all it's own electronic development in the fast moving digital world which has seen the demise of some superb quality manufacturers. Contax and Bronica to name just two.

Contax, Bronica, Yashica and Rollei died. Then there are those clinging on by the skin of their teeth: Minox, Hasselblad, Voigtlander and Mamiya.

Don't forget Minolta too who were superb and at one time lead the pack when autofocus first came in. I know that Sony took them over so in one sense they morphed but the original is gone. No chance me getting a updated driver for my Minolta film scanner so it will run on Windows 7 then. Rollei started to fade as soon as their TLR's and subsequently other medium format gear struggled in a fairly crowded market place which was rather niche after 35mm film improved so much. Story of many other things like cars for instance. Magnificent names from the past long gone. Ah well, that's life, as I said earlier you needs lots of money to keep up with the fast changing field of the electronics.

Lets face it all the cameras that are produced today will either suit you or not, I have just sold my Olympus gear, not because it was bad but because I could not get longer lenses in my price range or the weight , Olympus 90-250 f2.8 £4700 in the UK and weight 3.270Kg enough to make your eyes water twice, a terrific lens but---------------.
I now use Sony a new A-550, all the lenses I could wish for and at sensible prices, I bought a Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm for under £450 and that is excellent and for lighter work a new Sony 70-300mm SSM lens, that is the best 70-300 I have ever used, sharp even wide open.
So it just goes to show I would not in future be swayed by what it says on the front of a camera, it is what suit you, and your pocket!;):D
Regards
Richard