How did you choose your brand?

[deckcadet]

I'd been using Nikon Coolpix point and shoot digitals for several years before I decided to make the move to an SLR system, and I'd always been pretty happy with them. I was going to have a system though and I had no legacy gear that would be cross compatible at the time.

My media studies teacher, our very own video forum co-moderator MJS, was the person who really got me into photography. I came into the picture, so to speak, at a very exciting time in photography. The D70 had just been released, and the Digital Rebel was making a big splash. I was able to use his D70 extensively and I tried out the DRebel in the store. I read online reviews and user comments.

In the end, the Nikon system was far more appealing. I loved the ergonomics and build, the lenses were great, flash system was versatile and reliable, and all in all I felt I was going to have a better user experience with Nikon.

That was almost three years ago. I almost switched most of my gear to Canon this summer with the 1D mark III for my sports and photojournalism work, but between the mark III being defective and the new D3 and D300, I went back to Nikon and I'm much happier. For me, it's the best brand out there and I know it. The high end lenses are simply magical, and at the same time I'm using legacy glass all over the place. It doesn't get much better than this!

[SVThuh]

I got the Canon because it was cheaper than most of the others and had some better features. The picture quality is amazing and the lenses are pleantiful. Ive always had good luck with Canon anyways and I love their processors.

I have an older Minolta SLR and I have a Nikon Cool-Pix as well as a Fuji Fine-pix, the canon just seemed to do it for me.