Hi guys,
I am jumping camp from canon to nikon. I sort of feel that nikon lens selection is not as wide as canon. is this the case or i am not knowing enough? Just curious: what are the usual reasons for canon people to junk their canon system and embrace nikon? I just like to see what are the reasons so as to be sure it is not a moment of impulse.
thanks
song
How many lenses do you need? What do you need?
Truthfully. both systems carry more than what most people will ever need.
Exactly. In fact, if you come from Canon, you'd get confused with all the Nikkor lens since many of them have backward comparability. Canon, EF means EF, EF-S means EF-S. You want mount FD on EF mount, get an adaptor. Nikkor? There's a lot of older lens that you can mount directly without adaptor.
Get to know what lens you really need.
UWA? Canon offers 16-35 f/2.8 and 17-40 f/4. Nikon offers 12-24 f/2.8 and 16-35 f/4, and of course the older 17-35 f/2.8
Standard Zoom? Canon offers 24-70 f/2.8 and 24-105 f/4. Nikon offers 24-70 f/2.8 and 24-120 f/4
Tele Zoom? Canon offers 70-200 f/2.8 and f/4. Nikon offers 70-200 f/2.8, but doesn't offer a f/4 variant. Canon users may buy the f/4 variant for reasons like price and weight. You can look at the Nikon's 80-200 f/2.8 (no VR) or 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 VR
Classic Primes? Canon offers 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 135mm. Nikon offers the same, albeit they are f/1.4s if you want autofocus lens.
The above are the more "common" and "standard" lens that people look out for. I'm not sure what you are using in Canon that you can't find in Nikon. For the record, I'm both C and N user.