I recently decided to conduct a very exhaustive and scientific study to determine if Nikon or Canon is the preferred camera. In order to conduct the study my wife and I went on a ten-day cruise to Bermuda and I counted the number of Canon camera users versus the number of Nikon camera users. I counted only DSLR cameras since a number of the females with smaller cameras refused to let me close enough to determine their camera type or anything else for that matter. My wife said she understood why they refused. I accused her of being a sexists and she accused me of being a dirty old man, which is where we left that issue.
For the Nikon users I am happy to report that Nikon by a margin of four to one beat out Canon. Ok I discounted thirty or so Canon users who were technically illiterate and thus had purchased the camera without knowing what they were buying. I still do not understand how the ship’s captain could have owned a Canon and still be permitted to captain the ship. Well maybe because the captain was a female and did not know any better. My wife pointed out that at one port all the other ships were parked with the pointy end of the ship (a nautical term) facing into the dock while our captain had the roundy end of the ship (another nautical term) pointed into the dock. I asked our cabin steward why we had backed in and he said, “Oh she’s just showing off,” which is typical of a Canon camera owner.
I had planned to take some pictures to post here, but since I have only had my Nikon 5200 for a little over two months, I have not figured out how to turn it on. I am just about to the point of getting out the owner’s manual but not quite there yet. My wife said if I have not figured the camera out by the time we head to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot’s reunion she is going to start using it for a door stop. Typical of a woman who uses an almost eight year old Canon Sure Shot and thinks she is a real photographer. Once I get my Nikon turned on I’ll show her what a real camera will do.

People are so predictably binary (polarized)! If not Nikon vs Leica, or Nikon vs Canon, or PC vs Mac, or BMW vs Benz, it would be something else!

I strongly suspect that we all have always fallen prey to these deliberate lures that the Industry has used for centuries as an effective bait! :-(

Folks poetically keep talking of the perfect camera or perfect computer or perfect *model*, but forget that were one to come along, who would be buying more cameras or computers or cars or ...? You get the point, I am sure!

Neil, now that confused me, you know us old farts we get confused Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to easy. Panasonic, Samsung, Sony.........whew, way to much for this old pee brain. As for Cameras, really, they're all good, we all have our favorite and I don't really think we would trade unless we had to, but it's fun when ever any one gets their buns wrapped around a Nikon or Canon banter.........been a fun day, gota go take a few snaps with my kodak and hope i CAN show them some day, that would be great Nikon, canon or Kodak......love it.