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Myths and Prejudices about Nikon and Canon

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: Walking in the Snow

Myths and Prejudices about Nikon and Canon

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In the first year of the 1980s, the author After entering college, I needed to take photography technology classes due to my professional relationship

and I became obsessed with photography. At that time, most of the cameras I played with were dual reflex 120 cameras, mainly Seagull 4B, 4A, or the folding Seagull 203. The author was a poor student and had been interested in photography for several years but did not have a camera of his own.

To borrow a camera from a classmate who has one, or use your student ID card as collateral to rent a camera from a photo studio during holidays.

At that time, 135 cameras were rare, and the Seagull 205 produced in Jiangxi was occasionally seen. The Seagull 135DF was usually only available in units.

We are a professor who teaches entomology. Because his research in a certain field of entomology is internationally leading, he has published several monographs with world influence in this field. , he was equipped with a Seagull DF to facilitate scientific research

for data recording. I heard that there is a Japanese Nikon 135 camera in the department. A set of camera body and lens costs nearly 10,000 yuan. Most of us students have never seen it. Ten thousand yuan in the early 1980s! At that time, the "ten thousand yuan household" was very strange

. Nikon's reputation has taken root in my heart since then.

In that era, being able to own a Seagull DF was no less proud than owning a Nikon F5 today.

I spent two summers with the professor who taught entomology and went to various nature reserves and famous mountains and rivers to collect insect specimens. I was lucky enough to use DF several times and took the first few 135 black and white films in my life. . I remember that when we were collecting insect specimens in Mount Emei

because there was no hostel in our unit, more than a dozen teachers and students lived in a large room in the hotel

on the Golden Summit of Mount Emei. The professor was afraid of sleeping at night. After I fell asleep, I dropped the DF and slept with the DF strap hanging around my neck

every night.

In the first two years after I graduated from college and started working, I used my company’s Seagull 4A and my friend’s Seagull 4B in rotation, so I never bought my own camera. Color photography became popular in the mid-1980s and gradually

became popular. When I bought my first camera in 1987, I spent 270 yuan to buy one and imported it to Germany

Technology, automatic exposure, built-in flash, visual manual focus Qingdao type 6. The Qingdao Type 6's color reproduction,

resolution, and exposure accuracy are very good. After all, I couldn't use it for creative purposes, so I gave it away after a year. At that time, the rise of color photography made the 120-inch dual-lens reflex camera gradually withdraw from the stage of history. A friend's photographic equipment store was dealing with a batch of 120 cameras and asked me how many times Do you want it? Brand new Seagull 4B, 30 yuan, Yashika 124G,

100 yuan. In the end, I didn't buy one, and now that I think about it... I regret it! For the price of one Qingdao Type 6

9 units of 4B and 2.7 units of 124G were purchased. It was a good deal, but the opportunity was missed by a moment of ignorance.

After dealing with the Qingdao Type 6, I started researching to buy a 135 SLR. At this time, Ricoh, Minolta, Asika, Fujika, etc. began to enter our country's amateur market in a large scale, and Nikon began to occupy the professional photography market.

At that time, Canon was still very rare on the market.

I consulted many photographers from local provincial and municipal associations, and almost all agreed: buy a camera, Nikon. The lens

The lens has great contrast, high sharpness, and good color reproduction. It is the perfect lens for creative purposes. It is best to buy FM2 for the body. It is an all-metal body. It has a titanium shutter. It has high indicators (1/4000 second shutter speed, 1/250 second flash synchronization) and many functions.

He is the oldest member of the local association

. His local scenery works are sold at home and abroad and dominate the Hong Kong market. Movie friends often talk to us juniors about him at gatherings

FM2, when he went to the countryside to interview, he encountered a vicious farmer's dog and had no way to escape. He threw FM2 and looked at it

The dog hit it and chased the vicious dog away. He picked up his beloved FM2 and used it as usual. . What’s even more amazing is that the enthusiastic farmer brother served walnuts, a local specialty, to the photographer who was deeply involved in daily life. The photographer picked up the FM2 at hand and started beating the walnuts.

It was very convenient. , FM2 is fine.

Under the influence of this environment, film lovers have gradually formed this mindset in their minds: buying

photography tools for creative purposes must be Nikon camera lenses. . Germany's Zeiss and Leica are better, but they are not accessible to ordinary people

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One of my friends has a high fever movie lover who is about to retire. He bought a Ricoh XR7 from a foreign aid worker in the early 1990s

Equipped with the original masthead and 28~105mm/F3.5~4.5 zoom lens, he created sports games, lantern festivals, etc.

His works have been published in pictorials and newspapers inside and outside the province many times, and he was hired as a special reporter for the provincial pictorial. This set of Ricoh XR7 also produced many award-winning works for him. In exchange gatherings with movie friends, although he has produced more works than many using famous brand cameras, the well-known Nikon body has accurate metering and durability, and the lens has high contrast and high sharpness. , engage in creation

With the voice of none other than Nikon, he looked at the Ricoh XR7, which had produced many works in his hand, but felt less and less

feeling confident.

In the mid-1990s, the domestic market also began to appear in the international market, and AF auto-focus SLR cameras that had been popular for several years and had mature technology, I said to my old movie friends, The world may be dominated by AF in the future. In the future, your eyesight will not be good as you age

so it is better to choose auto-focus when buying a camera now. You can consider the Canon EOS series, which is technologically advanced and cheap.

The old movie friend seemed to be moved.

During the summer vacation, an old film friend went to Guizhou to travel and create. In Huangguoshu, he met a reporter and photographer from a provincial pictorial newspaper. The old film friend talked about changing his camera. : "Nikon is better for creative purposes. Canon's lens is too soft and has poor sharpness

No other choice! FM2 is fully mechanical and manual, and can handle any environment, unlike AF electronic cameras that are cold

It will stop working when it gets hot, and the failure rate is high." A few words gave away the idea of ????upgrading AF or switching to Canon.

Not long after I came back, my old movie friend was moved by his reasoning with his family's "Minister of Finance". Why, he will retire in a few years.

After retirement, he will always have something to do. Happy old people have something to do, old people have pursuits. My wife saw that he had made great achievements in photography, and he received royalties from all over the country every month. However, he could not withstand repeated persuasion, so he paid the money from the "old kiln" that had been used for decades

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Ten thousand yuan. An old movie fan went straight to the Nikon store in the provincial capital with money, and bought FM2 for 4,800 yuan and MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5 manual quasi-professional head for 4,700 yuan. This camera worth more than 9,000 yuan doesn’t even have a strap. It cost another 300 yuan to get an original strap. It won’t have to be held with both hands all day long, and it won’t be too expensive for a horse to afford. Saddle,

A camera worth nearly 10,000 yuan should be equipped with an off-brand strap. I spent more than 300 yuan to buy a Nikon photography vest, which is popular among photographers who use Nikon.

In this way, a set of FM2 is still about 10,000 yuan.

I bought the FM2, and my old film friends watched it, loved it, and protected it. I use the Ricoh XR7 for general photography and only use the FM2 to take a few pictures on important occasions.

I bought FM2 at the peak of the price increase. Old movie fans accepted it with peace of mind for 300 yuan to buy the original one. Good

Things are naturally expensive. The two subsequent incidents left old movie fans feeling worried about FM2 for several years. First, several times

old film friends took the negatives shot with FM2 to the photo studio to show the photos. The young darkroom technicians all said to him: "△Old teacher, your Nikon Did you buy a Y-brand lens? The resolution is not as high as what others have shot with Canon EOS.

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Old cinephiles asked Nikon users to help identify whether their Nikon MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5 were Y-brands, but they all said

that they couldn’t figure out the reason. Find out. The store insists that it is authentic Nikon MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5.

It cannot be fake. From now on, MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5 will not be accepted. The truth and falsehood became an unsolvable problem for him

Secondly, an old film friend asked a local senior photographer who had won the second prize in the Nikon International Film Competition to help him

To identify the authenticity of MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5, the photographer skillfully took off the lens and looked into the lens from the rear lens. Suddenly the photographer shouted: "△Teacher, you A spring fell out of the lens. "We

several of us present have seen it one after another. Indeed, there is indeed a shiny silver-white metal strip lying across the edge between the lenses of the lens. No one can tell for sure. The spring was originally visible in the lens, but it fell off.

Later, an old film friend asked a newspaper reporter who owned a Nikon MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5 lens to compare the two carefully. Only the lens head has this white spring visible to the naked eye, which slightly alleviates the anxiety of old movie friends.

I still don’t understand that a high-end lens costing more than 4,000 yuan. Why is there a visible spring between the lenses? Isn't it bad to paint it black to reduce reflections?

We have to expose it in silver white? The photos taken with FM2 with MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5 and the out-of-focus parts are eliminated

The photos taken with Canon EOS50E with EF28~105mm/F3.5-4.5 are put together for comparison. , I didn’t find the difference in sharpness that the image studio’s videographer said, nor did I find that the Nikon lens that has been rumored for more than ten years is sharper than the Nikon lens.

Where is the big contrast? To put it bluntly, there is no obvious difference visible to the naked eye between Nikon and Canon lenses. I suspect that the people who have been talking about Canon's soft lenses for more than ten years have never used them. Canon

In those days, most professional equipment was Nikon, and it was rare for amateurs to see Canon. Photographers who had never used Canon were talking about Canon lenses. People are soft, including some experts who have written books. Seeing is believing and hearing is false.

Even the words of experts must be divided into two and cannot be easily believed.

It seems that old film lovers and young imaging masters always subconsciously believe that the imaging effect of Nikon lenses is very different from that of Canon lenses. Once they find that the imaging quality is not as great as that of Canon lenses, it can be seen by the naked eye.

The difference is considered to be a psychological misunderstanding of Y-type goods. On the other hand, photo studio photographers have repeatedly commented on the clarity of films shot with Nikon lenses.

Not enough. The reason is not the MF28~85mm/F3.5~4.5 lens. It should be a Nikon manual zoom lens with better image quality, better feel and durability.< /p>

Yes, the old movie friends are getting older, and their eyesight is not as good as in previous years. Manual focusing on FM2 with a darker viewfinder screen,

The focusing accuracy is naturally not as good as Canon EOS autofocus. The accuracy of the photos taken with Nikon FM2 is not surprising.

It is not surprising that the photos taken with Nikon FM2 are not as sharp as those taken with Canon EOS.

For the first time, I doubt the saying that "Canon lenses are too soft". In the late 1980s, I saw a work by a foreign photographer in a photography album: a pasture with sunset, in front of the golden autumn forest background, and a piece of grass behind a fence.

A herd horse, whose mane was illuminated by the backlight from the side, was raising its head, and a three or four-year-old blond girl was holding a herd of grass

passing it to the horse through the fence. The picture has bright and saturated colors, moderate contrast, and rich layers. At first I thought it was shot with a Zeiss or Leica lens, or at least a Nikon lens. Look at the small description below the screen: Camera

Canon T70, lens FD70~210/F4. From then on, I began to have a good impression of Canon and began to include Canon in the scope of consideration.

In order to stay clear-headed and not be influenced by what others say, and to buy a camera that suits me, I subscribed

to many photography books and newspapers. After analysis and research, I came to the conclusion: Nikon was the best in the MF era, and Canon was the most advanced in the AF era.

Canon's AF mount is starting from scratch, with a high starting point and more promise. Canon's lens drive and ultrasonic motor technology should be more advanced in principle. A city that is built on the basis of an old city is always less structurally and functionally reasonable than a new city that is demolished and rebuilt.

Not long after Canon’s first camera with horizontal and vertical eye control focus was launched in 1995, relatives in the United States spent 970 US dollars to bring back an EOSElan IIE (i.e. Domestic 50E, EOSElan is domestic

EOS100, not EOS50 as many people think, 50 is called EOSElanⅡ in the United States) with EF28~105mm/F3.5~4.5 lens . I didn’t think too much about whether the lens was soft or hard. The results of actual shooting,

Canon’s EF28~105mm/F3.5~4.5 lens is really nothing to say. I used the 105mm wide aperture to shoot portraits.

The contrast of the photo is moderate. The layers are rich, the color reproduction is excellent, and the hair strands are clear and distinguishable. It is worthy of being a five-star lens rated by foreign photography publications

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In this issue of "Friends of Photography" that I just got, Mr. Li Feng has an article on "Nikon or Canon",

The author claims that he began to want to enter photography twenty years ago in order to make a career, and has been as long as most young and middle-aged photographers

In an era when myths and prejudices about Nikon and Canon are prevalent, the "poisoning" is too deep. Most movie friends who are not yet rich may take the wrong path and spend less money. Let us take a look at them one by one.

Li Wen: "Nikon is definitely a symbol of professionalism. It once equipped 95% of the world's professional journalists. Despite

the strong siege from Canon, Pentax and Minolta, its status is still Unwavering."

Comment: Nikon is definitely a symbol of professionalism. Yes, it has equipped most of the professional journalists in the world.

It is also true. Which photographer who has watched "The Bridge of Lost Dreams" has not been deeply impressed by the NikonF that has appeared many times.

However, under the strong siege of Canon, Nikon's position today is also in danger. Count me

Among the dozen or so professional photojournalists from China who came to Sydney to cover the Olympic Games, how many of them are using F4, F5, or F100?

Li Wen: "Leading technology, reliable quality, and high prices have formed the impression of Nikon in the hearts of its fans."

Comments : Reliable quality, limited to Nikon professional series. The practice of using Nikon by many film lovers has proved that the quality and durability of Nikon's amateur popular body is no better than that of Canon, Minolta and Pentax amateur series. Quality and durability

Good usability. We have all witnessed the high prices. However, many people cite the high price that refuses to be lowered as an advantage of Cini

I am puzzled. As for leading technology, today's Nikon can hardly live up to this reputation. More often than not, Nikon is trying to catch up with Canon's advanced technology.

Li Wen: "Whether it is the top-notch F5 or the most popular FM10, there is no difference in appearance alone.

The exquisite workmanship and the stability in the hand. The texture allows you to fully appreciate the meaning of professionalism.”

Review: Nikon’s professional-grade F3, F4, F5, and semi-professional-grade F90x and F100 are stable in your hands

The texture and exquisite workmanship can indeed make people understand the meaning of "professional". But the F80, F70, F60, F50

and the manual FE10 and FM10 cannot. Their feel and workmanship in the hand are the same as those of Canon, Minolta, and Pentax.

There is no big difference between the fuselage and the professional-grade fuselage. It is as light as the sky.

Let’s just say FE10 and FM10. If you put them together with Ricoh’s XR7MⅡ and XR8S,

FM10 and XR8S, FE10 and XR7MⅡ have similar shapes, similar buttons, similar workmanship, and they are similar

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like feel. Friends who have repaired these models said that the parts in FM10 and XR8S, FE10 and XR7MⅡ are the same and common. It is said that these models and the Olympus OM2000 model are all OEM from a small Japanese factory, Qino. Products assembled in a factory with basically the same parts will not jam.

The export and brand names are different, so there is such a huge contrast in the perception!

Li Wen: "Nikon lenses are well-known. You can get almost professional results at an amateur price.

The AF28~200mm has sharp images and an excellent feel. AF24~ The 120mm/F3.5-5.6D lens is almost as good as a fixed-focus lens, and it’s only 4,000 yuan, so worth it. ”

Comment: You spend it. It is almost impossible to get a similar effect to the professional lens of AFS28~70mm/F2.8 and AFS80~200mm/F2.8 with the Nikon AF28~200mm bought at an amateur price. Otherwise, who would spend several times the money< /p>

Buy Nikon professional lenses at the lowest price. If you don’t believe me, take a look at their MTF values ??and compare their imaging distortions.

AF24~120mm/F3.5-5.6D is even more incomparable with fixed-focus lenses. This is a Nikon lens with mediocre imaging and no focal length range. Journalists and one-shot wanderers may consider buying it. Gao

If fans of the film industry bought it, what will they do if they “expand the army” in the future? No matter how you pair it, it's all redundant. The AF24~85mm/F2.8-4IF just released by Nikon is considered a good lens, with a large aperture and guaranteed imaging within this zoom range.

Li Wen: “But there is a saying in China: You get what you pay for (Canon fans, don’t be angry), such as that one

EF28~135mm/F3.5—5.6 The ISU lens is indeed very high-tech. The IS is enough to allow you to increase the sensitivity by two steps. However, the noise during operation and the unflattering image quality (too soft) are regrettable. After all, it is the most

The film will speak for itself later.”

Comment: The prejudice spread in the past two decades is so poisonous! Fortunately, the film has to do the talking in the end. I have used both Canon's EF28~135mm/F3.5-5.6 ISU and Nikon's AF24~120mm/F3.5-5.6D.

EF28~135mm/F3.5—5.6 ISU is a really good camera. Many professional photographers have been using it since its launch.

The Swedish Hasselblad Laboratory tested the MTF values ??of more than 400 35mm camera lenses produced around the world.

EF28~135mm/F3.5-5.6 ISU’s MTF focuses on an average of 0.75, with a score of 3.5, which is the only A universal standard zoom lens that has entered the ranks of professional-level imaging. Nikon, which is favored by some film lovers,

AF24~120mm/F3.5-5.6D has an average MTF focus of only 0.66, with a score of 2.3 points, ranking in the top ten

Only popular The end of the standard zoom lens (see the 22nd issue of "People's Photography" in 1999).

I can't hear the "squeak, squeak..." sound that can be clearly heard from Nikon AF24~120mm/F3.5-5.6D five or six meters away, but I am annoyed by it. Canon EF28~135mm/3.5-5.6 ISU can only feel the slight vibration sound when it is close to the ear. This is a special function that can feel ultrasonic vibration.

I dare not compliment Canon EF28~135mm/F3.5

—5.6 ISU’s “soft” eyes with saturated colors, rich layers, moderate contrast and extremely high resolution

However, the not so "hard" effect of Nikon AF24~120mm/F3.5-5.6D is comparable to that of fixed focus lenses (Don't be angry, Nikon fans). Prejudice is dangerous!

Li Wen: "It's another example of eye control focusing. It took me an hour before I dared to use it. But if Jordan passes by me one day, I will use manual control. There is no eye control to adjust the focus - in a word: don't worry.

Canon often fails to focus in low illumination, while Nikon, which has the same technical specifications, can operate it easily, which makes people suspicious of Canon. Technology

Specifications cast doubt on it.”

Comment: It only took you an hour to master and be able to use the high-tech eye control focusing. Congratulations!

If Jordan passes in front of you and is followed by a group of followers instead of a statue standing there, you'd better

use AF, which can adjust focus with eye control. better. If I were to shoot the agile Jordan, it would be impossible without eye control.

Otherwise, a lot of focus would fall on the entourage instead of Jordan's face in the crowd.

When I use the Nikon F60, I often have trouble finding the focus when the lens is turned back and forth, but the EOS500N of the same grade can adjust it accurately and cleanly. Let's not talk about low illumination, even if you can't see your fingers, the EOS can still adjust correctly, unless you turn off its focus illuminator. I think the author often fails to focus when using his Canon in low illumination conditions. This is probably because the camera is set to continuous focus mode and the focus illuminator is turned off.

"Even if you use manual focus, you won't use eye control" and back then, "Even if you estimate the exposure based on experience, you won't use

automatic exposure." How similar they sound!

I, a "four-eyed" person, have come to the conclusion from my five years of experience using eye control: eye control is Canon's most practical technology.

With eye control, the success rate of automatic focusing is greatly improved, especially when shooting news and portraits. "Point where to hit" to avoid the camera automatically selecting the focus that is inaccurate. regret. Theoretically speaking, there is only one clearest focus point, and it is difficult for the camera's computer to accurately determine the focus point.

I have seen many photographers using F60, F70, F90X, EOS500N, EOS300 and other cameras without eye control

The expressions and compositions captured after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles are all very similar. It's a good documentary portrait, but the focus falls on the character's shoulders and hat, not the face. The face is not clear enough and it becomes a useless picture. It's only one step away from being a "masterpiece". Just use eye control to stare at her (his) eyes and that will solve the problem.

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Conclusion: Putting aside the halo of myths and the fog of prejudice, to be fair, Canon and Nikon’s professional-grade bodies

The lenses are both 35mm The best in cameras. But strictly speaking, there is still a gap between Nikon and Canon's popular amateur lenses and professional lenses. The gap between their sealing and dustproof performance and long-term optical quality stability is only

more obvious. Moreover, there is no big gap between their two popular body lenses and Minolta and Pentax's popular body lenses

as some people imagine. In fact, their image quality and durability are basically the same. All at the same

level. The popular "who is tougher and who is softer", "mechanical cameras are more durable than electronic cameras" and "AF automatic focus cameras have a higher failure rate than MF manual focus cameras" that have been popular for many years cannot stand up to practice. Things to test (discuss in another article if we have the opportunity

).

It’s still the old saying: “Everyone has his or her own preferences.” If I like Nikon’s reputation and have a lot of money, of course I choose Nikon.

As for practicality, convenience and cost-effectiveness, choose Canon, Pentax, Minolta, or the domestic "Two Birds" are all good.

Nikon CP7900 has basically the same positioning as Sony P200 and Canon IXUS700. They are both aimed at the general public and do not have full manual functions. However, if you break it down, you can still see that the three have different focuses. Canon focuses on fashionable young men and women. , there is no doubt that SONY mainly targets users who are relatively loyal to its brand, because the P200 is far less competitive than the IXUS700 in terms of appearance, and its professionalism is slightly inferior to the Nikon CP7900, although the P200 does very well in terms of image quality. , but because it has always appeared as a fashionable product, some more professional users lack recognition of SONY. The Nikon CP7900 is aimed at more traditional film camera users. These users trust the old traditional optical camera manufacturers. The word "Nikon" is very popular in this field.

In terms of price in the Shanghai market, the IXUS700 is the highest, costing 3,630 yuan, and the possibility of price cuts in the future is not small; the P200 is second, costing 3,550 yuan; and the Nikon CP7900 is the most cost-effective, only 3,350 yuan. , the editor saw with his own eyes at the sales site that on the day the CP7900 was launched, more than a dozen cameras that had just arrived were sold out, just like buying them at a special price in a supermarket for a limited time. The market response to the CP7900 has been overwhelming. The market is the best indicator, and the popularity of CP7900 can be seen from this. Although the price of the first two cameras has not been reduced, they each have their own strengths. Both the appearance design and the brand are relatively strong, and they are also the best-selling models in the market.

Looking at the many high-end cameras currently available, the two types mentioned above have their own advantages and disadvantages in terms of features and functions. If you were a consumer, which one would you choose? Ask me? I don’t know either…really, absolutely don’t know…. The most important thing is to look at your own needs. If you are an ordinary user and do not have high professional shooting needs, you may wish to buy an 8-megapixel quasi-professional digital camera that is relatively cheap and easier to carry; if it involves business and work needs, buy a general-purpose digital SLR. In short, it should be based on economics. Choose according to your strength and actual needs, consume wisely and within your ability.

Comparing high-end digital vs low-end SLR

The battle of DC to replace traditional cameras has already won a comprehensive victory, but due to price and technology limitations, the era of digital SLR completely defeating traditional SLR is still far away. Far from coming. However, the emergence of popular digital SLRs has undoubtedly rekindled people's hope for the popularization of digital SLRs. For profit considerations, more manufacturers will get involved in this field, and fierce competition will bring more benefits to ordinary consumers. Affordable.

The battle in the field of 8-megapixel high-end quasi-professional cameras will not die out in a short time. The major giants must not only be wary of each other's threats, but also jointly guard against the "popular digital SLR" "Counterattack" requires both fighting independently and uniting vertically and horizontally. The intensity of competition cannot be explained clearly in a sentence or two.

This year’s digital single-lens reflex camera market was detonated by Canon and Nikon. First of all, Canon has strongly released the Canon EOS 1D MARK II in the high-end market, the most powerful sports news body in the history of digital single-lens reflex cameras. Then, Nikon saw that it could not compete with Canon in the high-end due to lack of technology, so it launched a front in the mid- to low-end digital single-lens reflex market and launched the D70 with very good performance indicators, breaking into the low-end market that had been exclusively dominated by the Canon 300D. Entry-level digital single-lens reflex camera market.

Due to the release of EOS 1D MARK II and Nikon D70 this year, everyone is more concerned about the digital single-lens reflex camera market. Here, we specially present to you the image quality comparison of Canon and Nikon mid-to-high-end digital SLR bodies. In particular, let everyone take a look at the development of Canon and Nikon in their respective fields of optical sensors. In terms of optical photosensitive elements, Canon has spontaneously researched large-area CMOS photosensitive elements, and coupled with its unique DIGIC chip to control noise, the imaging quality of Canon DSLR has always been praised by everyone.

While relying on Kodak first and then Sony, Nikon also launched its own LBCAST photosensitive element. At an earlier Nikon promotion meeting, technicians representing Nikon also publicly admitted at the venue that the current three major Among the photosensitive elements (CMOS, CCD, LBCAST), both CMOS and CCD produce better images than the other one. However, Nikon's LBCAST has the lowest cost among them. However, for some reasons, Nikon cannot promote it widely.