I've bought my first DSLR back in 2003. It was a Canon EOS D60. Not a Canon EOS 60D. No. It was the good old Canon EOS D60 with 6 MP and 3 AF
focus areas. It was a great camera and I've taken lots of fantastic photos with it. Even if I compare them to photos which I've taken with
much newer camerass. The possibilities to get great pictures even in bad light situations e.g. have significantely improved with newer cameras. But when everything
was ok, great light and a not too fast moving subject, the Canon EOS D60 was able to produce fantastic photos.
Only half a year later I bought my second DSLR, the
Canon EOS 10D
and not much later the Nikon D200. Don't ask my why, but from
that point of time I photographed with both systems, Nikon and Canon. I just couldn't decide, which system was better to go with. I liked
the Canon lenses and the colours of my Nikon DSLRs etc. I just were not able to make a decision between Nikon and Canon.
This Silver-Studded Blue was photographed with a Nikon D7000
DSLR and a Tamron 180mm f3,5 macro lens. I always like the colours
of the Nikon DSLRs. Espescially when I went out photographing insects
or flowers
I used my Nikon equipment most times.
So due to the possibilty to photograph with both systems, I am able to compare these both systems a little bit in terms of nature photography. So what you can
find here and at the following pages are small reviews of all DSLRs I've used so far. In most cases with a little comparisons to
the direct competitors of the other brand. All these reviews are quite subjective. If I write, I like the colours or this or that of that
camera, other
photographer
may have a complete different opinion. And even when I write about ISO noise, this is my subjective perception of it. Measured
ISO noise is something totally different of how someone sees ISO noise with her or his eyes. So I recommend, that you should read
other reviews too, before deciding with which camera you want to go. The best is always to put your hands on a camera and take several
shots with it under different circumstances and then compare for yourself with other cameras. After that your really can
decide, which camera is the one to go with.
Article from 2014-11-18