Oh Dear - from an initial stupid, inflammatory post - some have now degenerated into a 'mine is bigger than yours' argument.

I must differ from a large number of you as I believe that it is not what you have got - but what you do with it and whether the results please you.

The attitude of 'I must have the latest model' serves to keep the camera manufactures in business and encourage them to keep producing a slightly different model at premium price - but does it actually really benefit the purchaser other than to relieve them of some surplus income?

"He probably shoots a Canon."
NO WAY !
I have always used only the best....
Canon? NEVER!
Wouldn't be seen near one...Have you canon people ever looked in the mirror? See that drawn, deeply disappointed look on your face? Those reddened eyes strained by trying to find even one redeeming feature in your photographs.
The company should be commended though, they foresaw the deeply psychological effects of their pathetic attempts at producing a decent camera and designed the bodies with wimpy looking rounded corners and edges so as to minimize the degree of self harm their users could inflict. Deep cuts to the scalp were virtually eliminated overnight and subsequent injuries have thankfully been limited to only some bruising and mild concussion.
Canon users would also have noticed the warning on the box for them to remain clear of brick walls and sharp objects after reviewing their images.
Canon was also forced to develop a vibration reduction system in an attempt to compensate for those uncontrollable fits of rage, frustration and induced tremors their cameras caused.
Nikon on the other hand, ever sympathetic to the pathetic who finally woke up to themselves, decided to follow suit because they found that it takes several years for those who survived the canon ordeal to get over the terrible trauma.
In direct contrast, Nikon users, ever proud and confident, have nerves of steel and switch the VR off.
I wonder if canon isn't largely responsible for the growing alcohol problem we see amongst our group.
Alcohol problem?
Unfortunately yes. It's sad but true that those Canon people suffering from this creeping affliction do a pretty good job of camouflaging their disillusionment in normal life, but we proud and ever diligent Nikon users have been aware of this for some time. This dependence is in addition to Canon users' long-known tunnel vision and brand denial problems and their inordinate inability to accept simple truth. The morbid defense of their silly clickers seems to be a part of the inexplicable brain washing that seems to come about upon opening that silver box. (The choice of silver, universally meaning second best to gold, is a Freudian slip.)
Some believe that the hand grips of these cameras are impregnated with some sort of brand-loyalty trance-inducing ingredient similar to that which makes MacDonald's so popular.
I would tend to agree.
What other explanation could there be?
Don't despair though, it's never too late.
Come and join the elite!
Cheers, Rob.

Yes, but later AA adopted the approach of doing straight photography using photographic techniques (as he stated in his autobiography) AA also spent hours and hours in his darkroom developing his photographs to suit his taste.

I don’t disagree – 24MP is already overkill. If you want 50MP+ you can do it with a Hasselblad but it will cost you over $35,000 (body only). But somebody wants it or Hasselblad would not sell it, so Nikon is likely to want a piece of that market.


I would rather see Nikon and Canon concentrate on other areas such as color quality, dynamic range (like film’s rounded shoulder and toe response) and noise reduction. But these are harder to quantify and more difficult to explain to the consumer.