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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adey Baker" data-source="post: 1334502" data-attributes="member: 1805">GentooIf you enjoy collecting electronic devices (and there's nothing wrong with that!) then you've probably already decided to buy some Canon kit to run alongside your Nikons. From a practical point, though, I'd strongly suggest staying with one system to use in the field. There used to be a fundamental difference in the two systems where the focus ring of one system turned in the opposite direction to the other system - it still does, of course, but autofocus has made this less of a problem than it used to be. I've read of 'horror' stories of pro photographers changing systems to get the 'better' latest kit only to have to trade-in at a great loss to get back to the system that they could operate instinctively!There's still a problem with using two different systems in that they're not identical in the way you change settings, etc. Not a problem with a static subject but with unpredicatable subjects like birds it could make the difference in getting 'The' shot or not if you have to hesitate before you're able to change a vital setting. I have both 20D and 40D bodies and I find it irritating that the ISO setting, for instance, is different on each body - with two totally different camera systems, I'd never feel that I was using them to their full potential.</blockquote>