You might as well go for the Canon 400mm f/5.6.
I'm going to do the unpopular and actually take a stand. Camera bodies can be debated for ever. Nikon however is known as a great optical company and in general will have better optics.
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Unfortunately the general consensus is that the recent released Canon 50D is a backward step in image quality. The overpacked sensor and high iso performance has left many Canon users wondering where Canon are going.
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I keep hearing nonsense like this, usually from someone who had never even seen one let alone used one. I'd love to see your evidence, myself and every pro i know who has one thinks it is far better than any other body they have used, 1DS series excepted of course.
Unfortunately the general consensus is that the recent released Canon 50D is a backward step in image quality. The overpacked sensor and high iso performance has left many Canon users wondering where Canon are going.
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I keep hearing nonsense like this, usually from someone who had never even seen one let alone used one. I'd love to see your evidence, myself and every pro i know who has one thinks it is far better than any other body they have used, 1DS series excepted of course.
Steven whilst my personal preference remains with Nikon over the years I've used many Canon bodies and lenses including their most recent offering. Whilst on the Nikon side their was a clear and significant improvement to image quality from the D200 to the D300 on the Canon side any improvement to image quality from the 40D to the 50D is marginal.
If you or any the pro's you know can prove that their is a more significant improvement I'd be happy to be proved wrong. If they can pull more detail out of the shadow area than on a similar image taken on a 40D I'd be astonished.
Personally I'd be more confident of buying into a system that has always put photographers first.
Ha! At least one person got what I was eluding to.Personally since being the victim of Canon's poor quality control several years ago with a camcorder I've often thought Canon are becoming a jack of all trades type of company ....... perhaps an upmarket Samsung. Although historically they've produced many excellent lenses and bodies they've also produced a lot of poor photocopiers, printers, fax machines, camcorders etc.. If they put all their efforts into camera lenses and bodies I would be far happier.
Personally since being the victim of Canon's poor quality control several years ago with a camcorder I've often thought Canon are becoming a jack of all trades type of company ....... perhaps an upmarket Samsung. Although historically they've produced many excellent lenses and bodies they've also produced a lot of poor photocopiers, printers, fax machines, camcorders etc.. If they put all their efforts into camera lenses and bodies I would be far happier.
Of course Canon could ignore the other sides of the business and put all their efforts into cameras and lenses, but clearly the photographic side would suffer for it. Without the money that Canon makes in other sectors they would not be able to spend so much on camera and lens R&D. I would agree that the current Nikon cameras have the edge over Canon but no doubt that will continue to swing back and forth as it has done for years. As for lenses some are similar standards across the brands for some Nikon are better and with others Canon are superior. Anyone who reckons that one brand is better in all respects than the other is just kidding themselves.
Postcardcv a fanboy and a fanboy of Nikon, now that's a statement (ps I think that as reputations go the Nikon 70-200vr is reputedly the sharpest Nikon zoom on the market)
Mark it was said with a big tongue in cheek smile.......(thanks for the +ve feedback)