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I use a 5d3, 3x 5d2, D800, Canon 24II/35/50/85/135L primes plus 16-35 II and 70-200 f/2.8 IS, Nikon 35 f/1.4g and 60 f/2.8g right now for bodies and lenses.
I have long preferred primes for my work because I like the subject isolation/3d look, and I shoot in dark conditions all the time where I would prefer to gather enough ambient light to produce subjectively balanced exposures of the environment while blending with flash.
Right now, the 35 f/1.4g vs 35L...I may subjectively prefer the 35 f/1.4g's super-closeup bokeh, but the 35L focuses basically instantly and the 35g does not. I have also not liked the focus inconsistency of the 35 f/1.4g, whereas with the 35L I get very, very good consistency.
The 85L produces images I doubt I could achieve with the 85 f/1.4g just by dint of the optical design and the hundreds/thousands of image examples I have seen. In that case, it's not the amount of background blur or light gathering (because both are roughly the same), but instead the rendering of bokeh and the transition areas that I prefer with Canon.
Anytime the focus transition area (especially behind the focal plane) looks basically like an in-focus area (which it should not because it is not in focus) only with nasty longitudinal chromatic aberrations of green and magenta, I don't like that look. The 85L does NOT do that. 50L does to some extent, unsure about 58G. This shows a perfect example of what I'm talking about (85L vs 85G transition area bokeh): http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J_u6e8pmBsk/UZL1cQG_LtI/AAAAAAAAAHw/aEKGGXDgYTM/s1600/85Lvs_85G_near-loca-center.png
I use 35 and 85 more than all other focal lengths combined, so the performance of these two lenses is, in a way, a deal maker or breaker for me on the lens side of my canon/Nikon perspective. Canon wins here overall for 85L aesthetics and 35mm focus speed and consistency. It's subjective and based mostly on my own experience, but those things are important to me.
On the body side, the sensor noise/dynamic range and AF accuracy AND speed are very important to me. Everything else is secondary.
I also don't like Nikon colors (too much green/pink without getting the natural skin tones I want), and I don't really care for 5d3 colors either (they look pre-processed) - I prefer 5d2/5dc/etc. colors.
I often appear to be contrarian because I do not typically go along with public opinion when I scrutinize things. I find details that would matter to ME as a prospective buyer of a camera/system/etc. and pay special attention to them.
When I pick out produce, I don't care too much about size except if it's just too small so that you're not getting enough substance for the surface area (though it's nice to get a bigger/heavier lettuce if they are all the same price), and I DO try to avoid picking out produce (like apples) with soft/bad spots. I take longer than some people to pick produce out. I don't see anything wrong with trying to pick out better stuff - but I am not anal enough to sort through every single apple and only take the very best ones.
Not that my produce selection methods are very relevant to the topic at-hand, but since you brought them up...
The d4s interests me mostly because I know I don't really need 36 mp, but I do want a great, fast-focusing, accurate-focusing, extremely responsive camera with excellent low ISO dynamic range and high ISO noise/dynamic range, and Canon does NOT make such a product (the reason why I still have one Nikon camera: low ISO Dynamic range). Although I do not really have the money to buy a d4s outright, if there is enough incentive in a single camera with all those qualities I want from a camera, then it's enough to make me consider going a bit out of my comfort zone for such an expensive purchase.
The d4s also interests me a bit because I am still a bit angry at Canon for giving their latest AF system a focus-pause-focus delaying approach that has cost me many important shots during wedding receptions (so I end up putting the 5d3 away and donning a pair of 5d2s), I am angry at them for overcharging for the 5d3 ($3500+ was insane from the beginning), I don't really like the 5d3's colors (skin tones look pre-processed and artificial to me compared to the 5d2), and I am still very disappointed with their ISO100-800 shadow noise.
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