I started out in film days with Minolta, went to Konica (great glass !) & then on to Nikon...I know Canon lost a lot of their pro level customers when they changed lens mounts with the advent of AF
Was the other way around Scott. Canon's early AF was far superior to Nikon's. Many sports shooters switched to white lenses from Nikon's black. Wasn't long before Nikon's AF caught up (and some say surpassed Canon in AF ability) but by then they all had some long and expensive "L" glass.
It's taken awhile for Nikon to regain its place with sports pros.
You're absolutely right that both Minolta AND Pentax made some really good lenses in their day. Minolta worked with Leica and Hasselblad too. Making the small Minox, and screens and extenders for Hassys. What hurt them was their cameras were TOO automated, and their manual mode was difficult. Which turned us old F model shooters off.
Sony has brought the "feel" of an all manual camera back, and use Zeiss glass now.
Matthew
PS Canon also is responsible for Image Stabilization in their video lenses.
What I'm referring to was the manual focus crowd who didn't use AF when it first came out...Yeah, sports shooters were an exception...It took awhile for AF to become accepted (and afforded)
There was a mass exodus from canon to nikon for sports, for the last summer olympics. Mainly for the 200-400, plus the 1d mark III debacle.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
One other point to make here, is that pros will buy bodies to use certain glass. If I were shooting indoor gymnastics (or live theater), I'd get a 5D or 7D to use Canon's 85mm f/1.2. Nikon makes an 85mm f/1.4, but I'd want that little extra low light "speed" from Canon.
MLKstudios wrote: One other point to make here, is that pros will buy bodies to use certain glass. If I were shooting indoor gymnastics (or live theater), I'd get a 5D or 7D to use Canon's 85mm f/1.2. Nikon makes an 85mm f/1.4, but I'd want that little extra low light "speed" from Canon.
And you'd be buying the wrong lens. The 85L's focusing is extremely slow and wouldn't be able to keep up in that situation. You want the Canon 85 1.8.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
Plus the manual focus ring is too loose on it. (I had one).
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
MLKstudios wrote: You're probably right. I'd just use the Nikon 1.4 and boost the ISO a little on the D700. Would be cheaper for me.
I can nail focus manually though. And do it fast. It used to be a required skill for sports. Before AF.
Very true. Then again, today's camera's aren't optimized like they were then for MF. I mean, buying a focus screen helps, but you know what I mean .
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
My point about buying a body to use certain glass holds true. We sometimes choose lens over body. Not that I think a Sony a-900 is a bad camera. I expect some nice results. I'd just like to see how far they've come, since taking over Minolta.
Only have a few online students shooting Sony alphas. I don't have a chance to "play" with one.
My point about buying a body to use certain glass holds true. We sometimes choose lens over body. Not that I think a Sony a-900 is a bad camera. I expect some nice results. I'd just like to see how far they've come, since taking over Minolta.
Only have a few online students shooting Sony alphas. I don't have a chance to "play" with one.
Stealthy and I were talking about how Sony has AF Zeiss. I'd actually shoot canon again for a few lenses. Mainly 17mm TS-E, and MP-E 65.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
BTW a 135 f/1.8 is pretty nuts. Nikon needs to update their 135 f/2.0.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
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