Till half a year ago Nikon was still a generation behind Canon in Sensor tech. Sonys Exmor changed this they are on par now and slighty better.
Based on existing and offered gear, Canon is still leading in the pro field while having no high resolution equivalent to Nikons new D800. Do not oversee that this camera is just half a year old.
On the other side Nikon did not have an 5D II equivalent for the last four years. They closed this gap with D600. YESTERDAY. Imo it looks good, but I prefere to wait for real world experiences than trusting upon 6 images out of 8 they presented us.
Based on specs the new camera is en entry level FF that imo is not comparable with the more expensive 5D III except at least it offers the resolutiuon Canon established as \"standard\" 4 years ago. NOW there is a Canon gap in the new field of cheap FF cameras and Canon has to fill it with a new camera in the 5D II price range.
I guess this camera is coming very soon. Next to this I am pretty sure, they will bring a D800 competitor (in resolution), too.
So what is this discussion about? WE now have the broadest range of cameras to choose from. And it will become even broader. For me this feels excellent.
My choice for the next body is still the 5D III. I did exactly 3 good images I choosed to delete because of horizontal banding in underexposed areas the last 3.5 years with my 5D II. I had a couple of images that made me feel uncomfortable because of its noise at ISO 6400. Both looks to be overcome with 5D III. I was getting more better results with shooting the 5D II using center point and recompose than using D700s \"better\" AF system. Here again 5D III is leading. I am pretty sure the D600 will not top the 4Ds/D800s AF-System. But we will see.
My reality is that Canon supported me very well with D60, 30D, 50D, 5D II over the last decade, while Nikon had nothing to compete in quality and price. They needed over a whole decade (till this year 2012) before they where able to offer solutions that can compete. And the only NEW system they presented is D800. 4D is just \"we too\". D600 is their answer to 4 year old 5D II. In the lens setup that I need/prefere they are still far behind. Canonians are crying about $ 2.300 for the (looks like) far best standard zoom in IQ ever? It blows away Nikons competing glas, that is about 15 % cheaper but years behind.
They are all just companies. The 5D II lightleak issue was a laught (for me). The D800 AF issue is not. Its as horrible like the AF issue of 1D III was, that killed this superb body. At Amazon germany actual the 5D III sells more succesfull than D800 does. And it is rated 5 stars compared to 4 stars given D800.
At the end of the day I have to view the pics I did to feel happy or not. Not comparing the gear I own to the gear others have.
Yes, I am pretty interested in the D600 and I of course I will test it well. As far I see this was a good year for me. And I guess I will purchase a new body around christmas. I will let you know if it is a D600, a 5d III or maybe the new Canon entry FF.
Ralph
Sep 14, 2012 at 03:30 AM
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