Crikey, I've stirred up a hornet's nest here haven't I ?
Somehow I thought that a "battle" over which brand of camera to buy would attract as much, or more, response than an item about butterflies or conservation !Let's forget all this talk about Nikon being better than Canon, or about Sony not being up to the same standard. It's all pointless. The whole idea of a camera surely is to take PICTURES with it
, and ANY digital camera produced by the major manufacturers is more than up to the job.
Canon, Nikon and Pentax all have massive systems of lenses both their own and independent makes such as Sigma and Tamron. Sony, contrary to anything on this page, also have a massive lens system ( Sony DSLRs accept ALL Minolta autofocus lenses, and they are proven to be optically and mechanically the equal of Canon and Nikon ).I've used Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus and Sony DSLRs. I've also used Canon, Olympus, Contax, Leica, Minolta, Yashica and Nikon film cameras for many years. All suffer from design faults
, all suffer from mechanical or electronic failure from time to time , so all this business about one brand being better than another is a bit daft.It's far more important to just choose a camera that is affordable, fits YOUR hands well, and has a viewfinder and set of knobs or menus that suits you. If it feels right, using it will be more pleasurable and instinctive, and you'll get better photographs.
Photographs ? Yes that's what we should be concentrating on, not equipment, which was the point of my original topic.
, and whatever you buy will be superceded by something "better" before you've even unwrapped it