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p.1 #1 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Hypothetical question, if Canon did not exist, what system would you be shooting primarily?

Just Curious.

Oct 31, 2009 at 07:10 AM

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p.1 #2 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Well, as much as I am a fan of Leica equipment, I cannot shoot solely with their Rangefinders. So economically speaking I would be a Nikonian if there was no canon.

I think that's a pretty easy decision unless you're a die-hard pentax or olympus shooter.

EDIT: thinking more about the question, if Canon never existed, I don't think digital cameras would be quite where they are at currently. To the point of saying I don't think digital cameras would be advanced enough to replace film. To that effect I would likely still be shooting with my Horseman 4x5 and Mamiya RZ67, which means I never would have bought the Hasselblad H1 and tried to go MF digital.

When you think about that statement. "What if there never was a Camera company called Canon?"
How different would the face of photography be? What kind of developments would have never been made?

Pretty heavy duty thoughts to have.

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Oct 31, 2009 at 08:14 AM

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p.1 #3 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

"Would give up photography"

Choosing that option would expose some hardcore Canon fanboyism

Oct 31, 2009 at 09:19 AM

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p.1 #4 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I'd be shooting Takabushi ... the company that "hypothetically" bought Canon

Oct 31, 2009 at 10:14 AM

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p.1 #5 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

My second camera set is micro 4/3s. The image quality is between my 1DMK2 and my 5DMK2. But the size is great. The GF1 body is about the size of a G 9/10/11 with fast lens (20 mm, f1.7), wide lens (7-14), and long lens (14-200) options.

Oct 31, 2009 at 01:38 PM

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p.1 #6 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I shoot Nikon sometimes and that would be fine. Digital medium format is better in some ways, but not a replacement.

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Oct 31, 2009 at 01:45 PM

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p.1 #7 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

If Canon did not exist, hmmmm. I'd be "shooting" the people in R&D until they decided to market the "Canon" name.

Oct 31, 2009 at 01:51 PM

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p.1 #8 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I'd be happily shooting Nikon. I say happily because if Canon didn't exist, I'd be ignorant of all the wonderful primes that are possible and would simply adapt to Nikon's lens lineup.

Oct 31, 2009 at 01:53 PM

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p.1 #9 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I now shoot for fun and I would not have any trouble going Canon, Nikon, Olympus...

I put four thirds just for sympathy cos I think Olympus really is a courageous company and offers very good options when not talking Hi ISO field.

An E-3 plus E-30 + 14-35 f 2 + 12-60 + 35-70 f 2 and 50-200 is a great combo I would not hesitate using if I could pay the price.

Oct 31, 2009 at 01:54 PM

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p.1 #10 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I would probably still be shooting medium format.

If I had to choose one of the "miniature" formats, it would be a difficult choice between Nikon and Olympus...

Oct 31, 2009 at 02:42 PM

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p.1 #11 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Not an answerable question. If Canon didn't (hadn't) existed then none of the above would be producing the cameras that currently exist. Not to say that Canon is the end all be all of photography, but it has been an undeniable force in the development of the camera as we know it for the last, say 50 years. We have no idea what the camera circa 2010 would be without the company's presence.

Oct 31, 2009 at 03:15 PM

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p.1 #12 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

OntheRez wrote:
Not an answerable question. If Canon didn't (hadn't) existed then none of the above would be producing the cameras that currently exist.

Exactly what I was going to write...

Oct 31, 2009 at 03:31 PM

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p.1 #13 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Nikon. I love that Canon has a huge lens lineup...provides options for nearly every type of shooting imaginable. Nikon is much the same way.

Oct 31, 2009 at 03:31 PM

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p.1 #14 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Shot Nikon film, loved it. So, if there was no Canon, I'd be shooting Nikon digital.

Oct 31, 2009 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #15 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

it would have to be nikon if canon didn't exist.
Mainly because they have a huge amount of options when it comes to lenses and accessories compared to the rest of the companies. That and I don't like Sony.

Oct 31, 2009 at 04:02 PM

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p.1 #16 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I picked other because way back when I got my first SLR it was Canon, if it didn't exist who knows what camera I would have started with Olympus, Nikon, Pentax,.....

Oct 31, 2009 at 04:09 PM

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p.1 #17 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

burningheart wrote:
I picked other because way back when I got my first SLR it was Canon, if it didn't exist who knows what camera I would have started with Olympus, Nikon, Pentax,.....

Back when I got my first SLR, it was almost a Topcon instead of a Nikon.

I wonder how many remember those SLRs?

EBH

Oct 31, 2009 at 04:16 PM

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p.1 #18 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

EB-1 wrote:
burningheart wrote:
I picked other because way back when I got my first SLR it was Canon, if it didn't exist who knows what camera I would have started with Olympus, Nikon, Pentax,.....

Back when I got my first SLR, it was almost a Topcon instead of a Nikon.

I wonder how many remember those SLRs?

EBH

I have a couple Topcons. There was a thread on pnet a couple weeks ago about which camera had the best feeling advance, and Topcons came up numerous times. They seriously feel like you could run them over with a car and have no trouble operating them afterwards. Plus, they produced the first 300/2.8!
I'd personally probably be shooting an F6 and an F100. Though I doubt either one would be as advanced if they didn't have Canon as a competitor.

Oct 31, 2009 at 04:23 PM

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p.1 #19 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Nikon for sure.

Oct 31, 2009 at 04:45 PM

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p.1 #20 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I'd still be shooting my Pentax LX. This is still my favorite camera of all time. I changed for autofocus. If digital hadn't come along, I'd probably have gone back.

Oct 31, 2009 at 04:46 PM

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p.1 #21 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Myself

Couldn't resist!!

Oct 31, 2009 at 05:13 PM

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p.1 #22 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

The F3HP would still be Nikon's flagship camera if Canon never existed...

Oct 31, 2009 at 05:16 PM

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p.1 #23 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

Seriously, it would be Nokon, (Nikon would be named differently if canon didn't exist)

If I wanted medium format that's what I'd be persuing now, so Nikon is really the only other for me....

Oct 31, 2009 at 05:17 PM

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p.1 #24 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

I wonder how many remember those SLRs?

EBH

I did shoot with Topcon Super D instead of Nikon (being of a contrary nature). I went to Canon F1 when it became clear that Topcon was not going to keep up with lens technology.

They seriously feel like you could run them over with a car and have no trouble operating them afterwards.

Donna Summer concert in '75. I dropped a Super DM from the stage six feet to the concrete floor. The pentaprism cover was dented, but otherwise the camera continued to work perfectly.

Though I doubt either one would be as advanced if they didn't have Canon as a competitor.

This could be true. Canon's edge has always been electronics--even back in the FTb and F-1 days. If there had not been some committed camera company so heavily pursuing electronics R&D, we might not be at this stage today. Without Canon's work with Kodak and then the 30D, we might still be in a world high-priced, low resolution DSLRs. Sony? I dunno.

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Oct 31, 2009 at 05:46 PM

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p.1 #25 · What would you be shooting if Canon didn't exist?

if Canon hadnot existed, there is no CMOS for any Nikons. And there would be no today's Nikon.

Oct 31, 2009 at 06:21 PM


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