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I have often thought that I would be above all the pettiness that is the age old camera war of Nikon vs. Canon.

In my mind, I wanted to believe that neither camera mattered, it was all the shooter's ability to see and capture what he sees onto bits and bytes.

I am a Nikon wielder simply through sheer fluke. I'm sure that if my cousins first bought Canon DSLR, I too might have gone the Canon route.

But I've seen first hand just how competent the Nikon platform has been. The lenses that we can somewhat realistically afford generally offer better performance per buck than what I feel Canon has out.

But I'm above all that. Buy a Canon with the kit lens, and go shoot some great pictures.

Last night however, when I heard that one of my friends were going to go with the new Canon XTi, I lost it.

I didn't really go bonkers, but I finally heard myself utter words I vow to never say, "Nikon is a better camera...."

And then it started. He pulled out web reviews and 100% crops, side-by-side canned laboratory test shots and pie charts. His mind was made up, Canon all the way.

I felt I have failed. I felt I let down my fellow Nikonians, and his misguided journey into the dark side is now complete. Everybody off the train - your destination to overpriced Canon crap is here. Toot-toot

I don't want to be like that. I know that in the end the camera body is only a tool, a way for artists who can't paint worth a lick still be able to convey what they see, how they feel, and what's on their mind.

....I just wish he bought Nikon so we could share lenses. posted by losir at 1:40 AM