andrew2

You wrote : "I have had an N90 and recently sold it to purchase an N80. I hear lots of talk about how great cannons are. However, I have never heard anything as to their being too light and therefore, easily damage. Can anyone corroborate my thesis here?

 

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-- Nauman Saghir (nsaghir@hotmail.com), December 20, 2000"

 

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Cannons are by no means light. You need four people to even pull one of them, and half a dozen people to lift a light Cannon. Loading them is pretty cool too, but each ball weighs a heck of a lot so dont drop it on your foot. When shooting with a Cannon, you have to be very careful otherwise your face could get bashed in by the recoil unless properly secured. Oh yeah, and my Cannon can beat up your Nikon.

Mark wrote : "With the newest bodies you can get an increase of 15% focusing speed with AFS/USM over regular motors. 15% and that's it!"

 

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This is absolute rubbish. Have you tried using a USM lens like the Canon 100 f/2, 85 f/1.8? The AF on these babies is almost instantaneous. Even a consumer grade lens like the Canon 28-105 USM is incredibly fast compared to older lenses like the 28-70/3.5-4.5. Have you ever compared the AF speed on a lens like the 100-300/5.6L against the 100-400 USM? There is no comparison. Where did you get the 15% figure from, and what were your testing methods? Your figures are wrong.

I've tried the Nikon N80 with the 28-70 AF-S and Canon's 28-70L on the EOS-3. The EOS-3 and 28-70 combo seemed to lock on faster, but that's probably an unfair comparison. They were both silent. Nice lenses.

Ansel Adams made some of his pictures with a Goerz Dagor.

If I'm travelling, I'd avoid my 100-400L and pick up a couple of light primes. I typically carry my 200/2.8, 85/1.8 and 35/2.

Flashes : The Sigma 500 and some of the later Metz flashes do E-TTL and high speed sync at half the price of a 550EX (or less)