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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers
using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
"acorn" wrote in message ... When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. because Nikon has only had suitable products for the last year or so. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
acorn wrote:
When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. Canon was first to market an integrated DSLR camera, rather than a Nikon film camera with Kodak DCS back attached. It basically just reversed the Nikon/Canon ratio initially caused by Canon's dumping of their manual focus SLR user-base when they went to EOS mount in the 1980's. The wheel turns and eventually comes back to the same place, it seems. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
dj_nme wrote:
acorn wrote: When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. Canon was first to market an integrated DSLR camera, rather than a Nikon film camera with Kodak DCS back attached. It basically just reversed the Nikon/Canon ratio initially caused by Canon's dumping of their manual focus SLR user-base when they went to EOS mount in the 1980's. The wheel turns and eventually comes back to the same place, it seems. Yes, the wheel, and the worm, will turn! But IIRC, Canon jumped to the lead before the "digital revolution". Glad to see that Nikon is on the upswing. Wish there were a third party in there also giving them both a run. OTOH, this is for sports and journalism shooting, hardly the gamut of pro photography. -- John McWilliams |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:24 -0700, acorn wrote:
When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. It could be that there are features there that are attractive to a professional sports photographer. Since I'm not a professional sports photographer, I really don't care. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
"acorn" wrote in message
... When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. It may be because it is easier to hire Canon equipment. Used to be the case that at some big events, Canon would bring along a "support" trailer to hire out equipment as well as fix it if it broke. I think Canon copied this from Nikon but may have been more willing to attend more events than Nikon. I do remember that Canon's 35-350mm EOS lens led a lot of press photographers to jump from Nikon to Canon. Regards, Ian. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
acorn wrote:
When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. Canon are better at marketing and listen to their customers. For nearly 2 decades they have offered lower prices to media photographers for their personal needs as well as professional, something that Nikon pretty much refuses to do. Currently, Canon offer better overall systems to PJ's as well with more large sensor cameras, more IS lenses (than Nikon's VR line), lower noise sensors, etc. Some call the 1st para above "buying into the market." (Nikon shooters, mainly). But the fact is that Canon offer a better overall system. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
acorn wrote:
When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. A couple of reasons. First, Nikon lacks Fluorite element glass lenses which are very useful to sports photographers. Second, Nikon's much smaller diameter lens mount eliminates the possibility of some lenses. Third, Nikon has always lagged Canon in high-end digital bodies. Even if Nikon came out with a new line of sports lenses that were as good as Canon's, it'd take years or decades for them to catch up since once a photographer is committed to a system they don't change unless there's a really compelling reason. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
SMS wrote:
acorn wrote: When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. A couple of reasons. First, Nikon lacks Fluorite element glass lenses which are very useful to sports photographers. Why is that? Why would CA be of particular concern to sports photographers rather than, say, wildlife, wedding, news, landscape or architectural photographers? ?? -- Jeff R. |
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why do I see 90% Canon products at sporting events?
SMS wrote:
acorn wrote: When I go to sporting events, I see 90% of the professional photographers using Canon bodies and lenses. Why? Nikon and Canon seem to have very similar product lines and pricing so I would expect more of a 50/50 presence at events. A couple of reasons. First, Nikon lacks Fluorite element glass lenses which are very useful to sports photographers. Second, Nikon's much smaller diameter lens mount eliminates the possibility of some lenses. Third, Nikon has always lagged Canon in high-end digital bodies. Yep, it's Mr One-Liner... I always thought Canon ruled the sports arenas not so much because of the lenses (which were very good, don't get me wrong..), but more because of the better/faster AF they had and a very aggressive marketing drive in the early 90's. Interesting to note that there was a lot of discussion around recently about sports photographers jumping ship *back* to Nikon - why were they jumping, SMS? A few more questions follow, but feel free to continue with the throwaway lines if you prefer.. 1. At what point in the lens design is a fluorite element most useful? 2. Is a fluorite element hard enough to be used for the front or rear of the lens? 3. How exactly does Nikon's ED glass vary in characteristics from fluorite? Refractive/transmissive figures? Thermal expansion figures? Hardness? Are those variations sufficient to ameliorate the losses from the use of (hypothetically of course) a flat glass protective element that might be required to protect the soft fluorite glass..? 4. Is lens design a balancing act between *many* factors? 5. Why are those Canon lenses white? 6. As Jeff asked - and let's humor you and agree Fluorite glass is markedly superior - why is that particularly of interest to sports photographers? |
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