Originally posted by kongg
Why Nikon???
1)Built quality of their pro n semi-pro camera bodies are solid
To be perfectly fair to the "other" brand, their pro cameras are solid.
2)Entry level camera bodies feel plastiky but do their job.
Not really a distinguishing factor in my opinion. So do the toys that are the EOS 300, and the equivalent offerings from Minolta and Pentax.
3)Logical controls, clean layout
You can get used to anything. On this front, a Canon user will swear by his stuff. As will a Minolta user. As will a Nikon user. But you can get used to anything.
4)No gimmicky fuzzy logic features which one NEVER uses
Actually, the only incident I know of fuzzy logic being employed in camera design is in the F5 and F100 (including the D1 series) that have the 30 000 scenes stored in the memory and use fuzzy logic to interpret the scene you're pointing at to one of those 30k.
But I get what you mean, and amen to that.
5)Good optics
Minolta, Canon et al also produce good optics.
6)Black lens barrels
Amen. But Canon also makes a lot of their lenses black as do Minolta. How many of your personal lens collection would be white if it were in a different brand?
7)Good aftersales service at Nikon Service Centre
*Shudder* NPS or not, I've just had horribly poor service. It took them 5 working days to find someone to put payment through before they could return my camera. That's 5 working days AFTER the camera was fixed, sitting around on the shelf, because someone couldn't find 5 minutes to put through a credit card. And this is NPS service too, imagine normal service... and yes I must have rung numerous times...
Other brands have good service too I'm sure. Although only N and C offer "true" pro service, but based on this latest experience, how good NPS really is is anybody's guess.
So now that I've eliminated virtually every one of kongg's points (am
not singleing -sp?- you out kongg... all very tongue in cheek; I hate C**** as much as the next man :bsmilie: )
exactly why am I a Nikon user?
I haven't a clue. Moral of the story, we all pick one brand and use it. If it helps us take good pictures then brilliant.
Oh, actually I can think of one very good reason. I wouldn't have a 400mm lens if I were using Canon or Minolta.