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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gentoo" data-source="post: 1334319" data-attributes="member: 35131">Because I'm also into electronics, I see what these companies have done a little differently than most. There are several "classes" aimed at specific markets.The entry level DSLR market They are about the same in this market:Canon rebel series XT, XTI, XS and XSINikon.................D50, D40, D40x and D60Mid-range/advanced: Canon wins hands down in this market:Canon, 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D and 50DNikon,.........D70, D70s, D80 and D90 (Nikon was slow and had no competitor for the 10D)High end (between pro and advanced) Canon does not yet have anything in this market so it sort of balances things out as Canon kills Nikon in advanced:Nikon D100, D200 and D300Pro level: This is the market where they really leap frog one another, currently, Canon is ahead.Canon, 1D through 5D seriesNikon, D1 series through to the D3Then of course there is the other way to classify these cameras, that is on the technical side. The above however are how these companies target a portion of the market.The D700 was a distraction Nikon played with and then had their asses handed to them by the Canon 5Dmk II</blockquote>