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Re: [Digital BW] Re: dump Nikon for Canon

2005-04-26 by Aleksandr Milewski

Peter Tucker wrote:
> Settle down now folks, I have Nikon leneses from 1965 that I can still
> use - do I hear anyone mentioning their Canon Breech lock lenses - or
> the other incarnations they've had to dump? Perhaps Nikon isn't so
> bad.

Just as long as you don't expect better than match-needle metering from 
those lenses on the D70. Same attitude that has created the Adobe vs. 
Nikon wars. Let's cripple *this* so we can sell more "X".

Canon learned from the firmware hackers on the Rebel. Nikon doesn't show 
the same capability.

-Zandr
  Still sitting on the fence, but leaning more towards Canon with each 
passing day.

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