home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utcsri!csri.toronto.edu!acs
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Canon 10s Vs Nikon N90, Which one?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.233050.15308@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Dec18.031906.10270@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 04:30:50 GMT
- Lines: 70
-
- In <1992Dec18.031906.10270@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> kram@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kameswar.r.ati) writes:
-
- >For myself, I have narrowed down my choice to the Canon
- >10s and the Nikon N90. However I cannot reconcile to the
- >2 to 1 price difference in the 10s and a N90. For example
-
- >Canon 10s - Body + 28-105USM lens = $570-590
- >Nikon N90 - Body + 28-105 lens = $1100
-
- Why I like the 10s over the N90:
- - USM (fast, quiet, MF adjustment after AF without flipping a switch)
- - greater variety of AF lenses
- - cost (obviously)
-
- Why I like the N90 over the 10s:
- - faster flash sync
- - focal plane sync with SB-25
- - spot metering
- - exposure data recording with the Sharp personal organizer
-
- Note that in postings gone by, there have been comments to the effect
- that the built-in spot meter of the N8008s is not as accurate as a good
- handheld. Hopefully the N90 doesn't suffer from the same problem.
-
- Whatever you do, don't get talked into the N8008s. It will not support
- all future lenses (i.e. the ones with the internal motors) so its a bit
- of a dead end.
-
- Before being seduced by talk of the "legendary" support of Nikon
- Professional Services, figure out how you join! In Canada anyway,
- Nikon treats amateurs rather poorly. (Someone emailed me saying that
- he has friends who took their F4's and F-801s to Nikon Canada for
- warranty repair and were refused!)
-
- For the extra money you do get more with the N90. It's a matter of how
- much these features are worth to you.
-
- Given that AF technology is still evolving, it doesn't make much sense
- to look too far down the road. I think Nikon shafted its N6006 and
- N8008 owners by not allowing them to drive the AF-I and AF-D lenses.
- Nikon owners think that Canon shafted all of the FD-mount owners by
- switching the mount. There are numerous incompatabilities between
- Minolta "i" series lenses and "Xi" series lenses. And AF hasn't been
- around that long!
-
- Thus, it would seem prudent to shop for yourself based on the
- requirements of a "serious amateur" rather than "professional". You
- don't know that you'll be a pro. If you do become a pro, you can
- justify the big bucks. And, when you become a pro, you can buy into
- the state of the art.
-
- That being my philosophy, I bought an EOS 630. I *still* like it more
- than the EOS 10s and Elan. In addition, it's cheaper, and it will
- drive *all* Canon AF lenses. I will admit that the N8008s has some
- nicer features (mainly faster flash sync), but it's *much* more money,
- and, in my mind, Nikon has basically orphaned it now that they realize
- Canon was right to put the motors in the lenses all along. With the
- money you save, you could add another lens to your system, like the
- 100-300 USM.
-
- After all, it doesn't matter how good your camera body is if your
- lenses can't reach the subject...
-
- ACS
- --
- ___ ___ ___ ______________________________________________________________
- | | | __| Democracy is not a way of getting better solutions. |
- | - | --|__ | It's just a way to spread the blame. |
- |_|_|___|___|______________________________________________________________|
- Alvin_C._Shih____________________acs@csri.utoronto.ca______________________|
-