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gbee wrote:
On DPreview is seems to be endemic.
I was considering leaving too, but the D3 has failed the cold test .... whereas the 1DMKIII has passed the cold test, as it and its predecessors passed the bad weather test and even submersion in swimming pools and even the sea.
This just proves to me, personally that Nikon are still making CHEAP cameras ~~~ OK I'm still upset with Nikon for having been forced to move from them five years ago, but Canon has proven reliable, until the 1DMKIII ~ and after the 'fix' that's not really too bad.
Where have we seen the D3 fail the cold test? If it was that one sports photographer at the football playoff game, then the jury is still out. There were other people at the game with D3's that shot all night long. This guy most likely brought his equipment straight out of a humid warm area onto the field causing condensation within the body.
And if you think because the Nikon stopped working it's a cheap camera, what do you think about this snippet from LL.
" About 85% of the trip's members were shooting with Canon gear, mostly 1Ds MKII. There were a couple of 1D MKII and 5D's, with several people having Rebel XT and XTi bodies as backups.
There were quite a few camera failures, most of them occasioned by our shooting in rain on the first day ashore in The Falklands. The rain was not heavy – more a persistent drizzle than a heavy rain, but it took its toll. In all, 90 minutes of wet shooting produced six 1Ds MKII cameras which stopped working for one reason or another. Three of them recovered after a night of drying out. Three remained hors de combat for the rest of the trip.
Three Canon 5D's died that day, with one subsequent recovery. Two Rebel XTi's lost their rear LCD's, though otherwise continued to work (which is a real hassle, because though one can keep shooting, there's no way to change any settings, or at least to know what the changes are).
We also lost two video cameras, one with a dead sound board and the other a total cardiac arrest. Several lenses bit the dust during the trip, including two Canon 70-210mm f/2.8L IS, and a Canon 28-135mm.
Nikon
There were 5 Nikon users on the trip, with various bodies – mostly D200's. There were no reports of any Nikon problems or failures."
Does this imply the Canon's are all "cheap cameras"?
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