kaminobatto wrote:
I have been using Canon for the past two years and I am very satisfied with my gear; however, I cannot help but notice the many flaws that Canon (as a company) has in contrast with Nikon, and it's getting me more and more frustrating as time passes because I don't feel Canon really cares about its customers, below are some of my major takes on Canon:
- Canon's policy seems to be going towards "milking the cow" when it comes to some of its high end bodies, take the 7D for example! I have been desperately waiting for a 7D MK II (or whatever might replace it in the same category) for the past couple of years in vain! I have bought one a year ago and I was not at all satisfied with my purchase although I got it for a very good and competitive price during a promotion, simply because I had tried my friend's D7000 before and immediately noticed the lower dynamic range, smaller color depth, much poorer picture quality and higher noise at lower ISO! it was a shock!!! And just to be fair, I framed the exact same shot on both cameras with the same lens equivalent and the difference was still too obvious!
- Canon is not at all transparent with its future plans and ends up confusing or (in my case) upsetting its customers! I waited so long for the long rumored 5D MKIII, but due to the secrecy and lack of transparency Canon seems to adopt when working on new bodies, I ended up buying the 5D MKII (which is by all means an excellent body) exactly 3 weeks before the official MKIII announcement by Canon!!! I was utterly mad and fuming because for a difference of around $500 at the time I would have been able to buy the much better MK III that I have been waiting for for so long (and I had the means to do so back then) and I was no longer able to sell my newly purchased 5D MKII for a reasonable price as its price drastically dropped in a few days after the MKIII announcement and no one was willing to pay me more than 43% of what I paid 3 weeks earlier for the MKII so I had to stick with it!
- I hate the fact that you cannot use EF-S lenses on EF mount bodies! It's just stupid! Especially when your direct competitor (i.e. Nikon) offers this benefit on their DX and FX lens lineup! What is Canon thinking???!!!
- Nikon offers more lenses than Canon mostly for a cheaper price and with the same optical quality (if not better in some cases). Why does Canon not have an equivalent to Nikon's FX 28-300 or DX 18-300???
- Nikon has the edge in image quality and ISO noise control, it's so obvious that it's annoying! Way too obvious! Why does Canon not care about improving the quality of their sensors? They have excellent optics but the sensor can't match them in excellence! Shame!
- Many of Canon's non "L" lenses have a very cheap feeling to them (even if they are optically good) while Nikon's non ED lenses have a much better feeling and build quality.
- And finally, Nikon seem to give you more of a perfect and well balanced bodies (in terms of specs depending on the category of the camera) in contrast with Canon who seem to give you a certain weakness (or a set of weaknesses) in each of its bodies so you can never have a perfect body!
After all the above, please tell me (aside from the ridiculous amount of money that I've invested in my Canon gear), why should I keep using their products while I have Nikon giving me everything I need? I am really desperate for an answer because every cell in my body is asking me to sell everything even with a great loss and start on a new blank page with a product that I feel is much more worth the money to me!
With all the above being said, I still think that the 5D MKII is a magnificent camera and Canon's lenses are of great optical quality but it's just the way the company conducts itself that bothers me.
Thanks,
I have been using Canon for the past two years and... (
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I think you have raised this topic just so you can see what reaction you would get. Is that why your "in hiding" so that you can hide and stir the already murky waters!!