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05/26/2005 03:06:46 AM · #1 |
| Whats the equivalent "L" glass for Nikon? I feel like this may be a stupid question. |
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05/26/2005 03:10:06 AM · #2 |
All the ones with the 'Nikkor' label ;)
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05/26/2005 03:50:17 AM · #3 |
Hehe, Colda. :-)
I don't see many Nikkors here..
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05/26/2005 03:57:41 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by PaulMdx:
Hehe, Colda. :-)
I don't see many Nikkors here..
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Yeah Paul, but look how many Canons the poor guy needs to use in the vain hope that he could get a photo as good as his mate's D2H ;)
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05/26/2005 03:58:25 AM · #5 |
I'd say the lack of nikkor there can be put down to the quality of nikkors pro camera's rather than it's glass. Up until the D2X with it's 6.8 megapixel 8fps sports mode (to go with the same camera's pretty tasty 12.4 megapixel normal mode), nikkors best sports camera (was it the d2h ?) was only 4 megpixels - when compared to the Id mark II's eight megapixel sensor, you can see why a lot of ex-nikon sports shooters changed over.
The balance will probably even out again at some point. |
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05/26/2005 04:14:00 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Montereykiddo:
Whats the equivalent "L" glass for Nikon? I feel like this may be a stupid question. |
Nikon ED glass |
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05/26/2005 04:20:02 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by alionic:
Originally posted by Montereykiddo:
Whats the equivalent "L" glass for Nikon? I feel like this may be a stupid question. |
Nikon ED glass |
Jeez - only an hour and eight minutes to get a simple straightforward answer :). |
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05/26/2005 04:27:02 AM · #8 |
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05/26/2005 06:44:53 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by samtrundle:
I'd say the lack of nikkor there can be put down to the quality of nikkors pro camera's rather than it's glass. Up until the D2X with it's 6.8 megapixel 8fps sports mode (to go with the same camera's pretty tasty 12.4 megapixel normal mode), nikkors best sports camera (was it the d2h ?) was only 4 megpixels - when compared to the Id mark II's eight megapixel sensor, you can see why a lot of ex-nikon sports shooters changed over.
The balance will probably even out again at some point. |
The D2H was a very widely used camera by photojournalists, and especially sports photojournalists, in it's time. The 4 megapixels was not considered a drawback until recent improvements in newspaper printing technology and high speed movement of large files. Canon has made a big deal of seeing a lot of white lenses at high profiles events like the Olympics, but if you check into it far enough you'll find that many of the shots in their advertisements were staged with some well known photographers being compensated for being shown using white glass. In the day to day shooting of working photojournalists you'll see as many Nikons as Canons. Nikon is still the leader in wireless transmission of images from the camera, a feature valued by deadline driven news photogs.
I don't think a lot of D2H shooters switched to the 1D mkII. They knew the D2X was in the pipeline and had an investment in glass and WiFi; and they like the larger LCD on the D2H and D2X. The area most often cited as an advantage for Canon is high ISO performance which really helps in marginal light situations. But this does not come into play in the top levels of sports photojournalism because the television folks insist on lots of lighting.
Message edited by author 2005-05-26 07:45:09.
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05/26/2005 06:52:58 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
The D2H was a very widely used camera by photojournalists, and especially sports photojournalists, in it's time. |
Still is fairly widely used, I believe.
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05/26/2005 06:57:31 AM · #11 |
"L" is just clever marketing.
/sort of trolling... but still somewhat true
// with full respect of true quality L glass. :)
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05/26/2005 07:08:18 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by jonr:
"L" is just clever marketing.
/sort of trolling... but still somewhat true
// with full respect of true quality L glass. :) |
I don't agree, it is like saying you buy a Mercedes Benz for its name. I have 'tasted' the L, and I have owned a few Benzes.... Facts of quality are more than marketing.
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05/26/2005 07:24:25 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by gibun:
Originally posted by jonr:
"L" is just clever marketing.
/sort of trolling... but still somewhat true
// with full respect of true quality L glass. :) |
I don't agree, it is like saying you buy a Mercedes Benz for its name. I have 'tasted' the L, and I have owned a few Benzes.... Facts of quality are more than marketing. |
True, but the line there is very blurry. Would you own a Toyota Avensis or Lexus ES?
And good old Mercedes has it problems:
//www.google.com/search?q=mercedes+quality
Also, there are many very good Canon lenses that are not marked (marketed?) with the red "L".
Let's just say that I don't trust corporations very well when they tell us that A is better than B.
But overall, I think L's are better on average.
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05/26/2005 07:38:49 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by jonr:
True, but the line there is very blurry. |
only if you try to photograph the line with a Nikon... :)
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