According To dpreview Pros Are Dumping Canon In Favor Of The D3!!

It's a good thread that debates the merits of both systems, but it looks
like Canon is losing a lot of their customers due to the mighty D3 and great
wide angle lenses Nikon makes. It's all about who has the best optics at
the end of the day!

<http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1021&thread=26967143>




Rita

 

Wow. So many that the OP had to ask twice before getting a reply. And what
better proof do any of us need than a DP Review Forum? Again, I ask, got any
facts to back up the fat-assed BS?

 

Well, at least one top wildlife photographer has switched to the D3, and
at his own cost..

Read about it on his own blog..

http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/blog.asp

T.

 

Well, it's settled then. The war is over!

 

That's why there are some many Mark llls going so cheap on Ebay, I
guess.

 

Where does it say that Andy has switched to the D3?

Please remember that Andy has now taken more of a journalist point of view.
He is a reporter and many of his reports are shown by the overpriced
Warehouse Express company.

Andy is a top bloke, and has used many, many camera's. The Rhino shot was
taking on a Pentax 645 for example, and I think this was the best of the
best. But, he is a Canon man at heart. Trust me on this one.

 

It's a good thread that debates the merits of both systems, but it looks
I wonder if it has anything to do with Canon not giving dpreview advance
info before new releases...


Dpreview was a bit pissed off when it didn't get anything prior to Canon's
launch of the Mark III.
Dudley

 

In his blog. He says he switched, and at his own cost. "Focus on Imaging" on
2/28/08.

 

Just checked, and found a few there, all selling for over $4K. Cheaper than
a D3, yes.

 

Perhaps where he says:

"A big thank you to all who came to my two Focus on Imaging talks on the
Nikon stand. Most of you seemed quite surprised to see me there and more
surprised to see that from now on I will be shooting with my D3 system.
And I want to clear a few things up straight away that a few idiots on
dpreview have been saying - thanks also to some nice humans on there
that have defended me too. I made the conversion at my own cost and
Nikon have not supplied me with any gear nor have they paid me, in fact
I worked at Focus for free. I swapped to the D3 because I think that the
AF system is better and the image quality is better, the high ISO
certainly is. It was a business decision on my part and nothing else!

It is always amazing to me how some people are so obsessed with their
cameras that they will hurl anything at anyone who is a threat and this
week I have seen some awful stuff on that forum about me. One guy said
that all of my D3 pictures so far sucked, I could not believe it as I
have posted some beautiful work lately. These people have never met me
and are just spreading lies, it does not really bother me but the
Gorillas were most upset. Here is their response:

I trust that you are no more infallible than others.

 

In Rouse's own words, from the blog that was linked to:

"Thursday, February 28, 2008
Focus on Imaging

A big thank you to all who came to my two Focus on Imaging talks on
the Nikon stand. Most of you seemed quite surprised to see me there
and more surprised to see that from now on I will be shooting with my
D3 system. And I want to clear a few things up straight away that a
few idiots on dpreview have been saying - thanks also to some nice
humans on there that have defended me too. I made the conversion at my
own cost and Nikon have not supplied me with any gear nor have they
paid me, in fact I worked at Focus for free. I swapped to the D3
because I think that the AF system is better and the image quality is
better, the high ISO certainly is. It was a business decision on my
part and nothing else!

It is always amazing to me how some people are so obsessed with their
cameras that they will hurl anything at anyone who is a threat and
this week I have seen some awful stuff on that forum about me. One guy
said that all of my D3 pictures so far sucked, I could not believe it
as I have posted some beautiful work lately. These people have never
met me and are just spreading lies, it does not really bother me but
the Gorillas were most upset. [accompanied by photo of young Gorilla
giving the finger]"

You are as wrong as can be!

 

Yep! It seems there are so many people jealous of the D3.



Rita

 

Your cultish adulation of a corporation is bizarre and pathetic.

 

don't forget the fat ass...

 

OK, never saw that.

Well, I am surprised. But, I can certainly see the appeal of a fast, full
frame, low noise camera.

 

In this bit ?

"Thursday, February 28, 2008
Focus on Imaging

A big thank you to all who came to my two Focus on Imaging talks on the Nikon stand.
Most of you seemed quite surprised to see me there and more surprised to
see that from now on I will be shooting with my D3 system. And I want to
clear a few things up straight away that a few idiots on dpreview have
been saying - thanks also to some nice humans on there that have
defended me too. I made the conversion at my own cost and Nikon have not
supplied me with any gear nor have they paid me, in fact I worked at
Focus for free. I swapped to the D3 because I think that the AF system
is better and the image quality is better, the high ISO certainly is. It
was a business decision on my part and nothing else! "

Yes, I know.. Isn't / Wasn't he one of Canon's preferred professionals?

This has got to hurt them, however temporary it may turn out to be..

T.

 

One battle maybe...

I suspect this 'war' has a few years to run yet..

Meanwhile, I'll stick with my 40D !

T.

 

Nugger! Just quoted the same bit in answer to the same question.

Sorry Tony..

T.

 

Just want to add, anyone who has never seen his debut documentary, which I
think was on BBC are missing out. This was quite a while ago now, but was
amazing to watch, however for some reason it has never been released on DVD.
Such a shame, it really is.

From memory, he was shooting on a 1V at the time and maybe a D30/D60 too?
He really is a remarkable guy and I have a lot of respect for him. The two
things that stick in my mind were when he laid down in the elephant path and
you could just see that he wanted to get up and run. Also, when he pushed
the hippo too far, but was still taking shots over his shoulder when it was
chasing him. Very gutsy, but fantastic!

 

Not a problem, as long as he gets the message.

Better to be said twice rather than not at all ...