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tlong wrote:
Jbear...I'm pretty sure the Nikon macros don't hunt in lowlight...must be time to switch 
i agree - Nikon macros don't hunt...
as in "that dog don't hunt"
Nikon doesn't have macros anyway... they sell micros.
If Nikon had the glass that Canon has... i'd switch platforms too.
In fact - if Canon has another screwup like they had with the Mark III - I'd switch in a huff... and if thats too soon - I'd switch in a minute and a huff!
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just saw this on POTN in a sig line - don't know if it is true... but its enough for me to keep my lens selection...
"The 5D is sharper than Nikon's D3, for a fraction of the price.. The 5D wipes the D300, as well as the D3, for tripod use." - Mr. Nikon, Ken Rockwell
Also from this page :http://kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm
19 May 2008, Monday (Deb's birthday)
New: Canon Instant Rebates good today through 19 July 2008. "Instant" rebate means an instant discount when you buy it. You don't have to cut up your boxes. You don't have to mail anything in. You don't have to wait 8 weeks and hope it shows up. You get the amount deducted as you buy it.
On rebate now are:
Canon 5D: $300 off. Yay! The 5D is sharper than Nikon's D3, for a fraction of the price. The 5D is the best digital landscape camera there is for under $8,000, and with rebate, it's only $1,900! The 5D wipes the D300, as well as the D3, for tripod use. I bought my own 5D in 2006 when Canon offered a rebate.
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II: $100 off. Likewise, I bought my 16-35mm II earlier this year with a similar rebate. The 16-35mm is far more practical than Nikon's 14-24mm because I can use filters, like grads.
Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS: $75 off. I got mine the last time they were on rebate, too. As I showed last week, this lens on a 5D, for less than $3,000 for camera and lens, smokes a Nikon D3 and 70-200mm VR for landscapes, and the Nikon combo costs almost $7,000!
Canon 17-40mm L: $50 off. This is among the best buys in photography, since for $650 you get optics equal to what costs over a grand from any other similar lens from Canon or Nikon. I bought mine back before Canon had the 16-35 II since the 17-40 is better than Canon's first 16-35, and bought the 16-35 II because the 16-35 II is wider and a hair better than the 17-40mm.
Canon 100-400mm L: $100 off. This is the one lens to take to Africa. My pal Paul Renner has been using this lens to earn his living for years in Africa.
Canon 100mm Macro: $35 off. This is an amazingly good lens, and also focuses about ten times faster and surer than Nikon's macro lenses, which cost more.
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS: $125 off. This giant is for guys who don't worry about carrying ten tons of glass around with them. The f/4 IS version, also on rebate, is every bit as good except one stop less fast.
Canon 85mm f/1.2: $125 off. This is the sharpest ultrafast lens I've ever used. Nikon's 85mm f/1.4 AF-D is 15 years behind this lens.
Canon 50mm f/1.2 L: $100 off. Like Canons's 85mm f/1.2, Canon's 50mm f/1.2 is 30 years ahead of Nikon's 58mm f/1.2 Noct (so old it was already discontinued ten years ago) and 20 years ahead of Nikon's 50mm f/1.4 AF-D that I use daily. Nikon is decades behind Canon; none of Nikon's fast lenses can autofocus on Nikon's newest camera, the D60! Nikon owes us big time.
Canon 35mm f/1.4: Again, Canon is way ahead of Nikon. Nikon's newest 35mm f/1.4 is still manual focus and has the same design as it did when it came out back in 1969! Nikon had a great 28mm f/1.4 AF-D back in 1993, but discontinued it in 2005. Nikon is decades behind Canon for fast lenses.
Canon 40D: $200 off, $70 off the 17-55mm f/2.8 and $30 off the 60mm EF-S macro. Also $15 off the 28-90mm III, $30 off the 580 EX II flash and $15 off the 430EX flash.
Unlike the last Nikon rebates, which were the old fashioned hoping-you-don't-really-ever-mail-them-in kind, not only are these Canon rebates up-front, they are also on Canon's very best items.
Specifically, if I had less than $10,000 to spend for a digital camera system for landscape shooting, the system I really did use in Yosemite this past fall was my 5D, the 16-35 II and the 70-200/4 IS. Today, you can have these all for $4,275, much less than a single Nikon D3 body which isn't as sharp anyway. If you aren't as addicted to 16mm as I am, go for the 17-40mm instead, and the complete 5D/17-40/70-200 package only costs $3,575, brand-spanking new. (I don't bother with mid-range-lenses when I'm shooting landscapes.)
The Nikon D3 is a wonderful camera, but it's a professional news, sports, kids and action camera. You're paying two or three times the price of a 5D for speed and professional toughness, not image quality. If your subjects hold still or you use a tripod, the 5D may only be built to amateur standards (get a load of the plastic function dial), but gives images at least as good as the D3 for serious work. If I was taking one or the other backpacking, I wouldn't be hauling around a big D3!
Marc Adamus is the poster child for landscapes with the 5D. Look at his work and enjoy!
Edited by jbear2000 on May 28, 2008 at 10:54 PM GMT
Edited on May 28, 2008 at 10:54 PM
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BTW...thanks for the compliments...you must have seen the one good picture I took