I need to win a bet, what is the most popular DSLR

Al,

but if you didnt work in the industry and could only afford one... which one would u keep? 7d?

Olly

For me both a very good choice for uw and land shoot. Is it depend what u want and feel when u grip it on your hand. Some canon better and some nikon is better.

my choice:

campact set up: canon

DSLR: Nikon (already own the lens won't changes the system)

Im with DiverPam...D90 the next question would be which is the most popular housing!!

Aquatica

Notice that Nikon is ahead in the suvery

DiverPam

cheers for "NIKON"

If you look at total DSLR sales for the 2008/2009 fiscal year you see that about 10 million DSLRs were shipped compared to 7.5M in 2007/8. Figures are in thousands. At an average selling price of $1000 (my guess is that the low end is more prominent) that means that Canon and Nikon are both generating $3-5 Billion in revenue from the cameras. Nikon generates about 40% of their gross sales ($7B or so) from DSLR while Canon

is quite a bit bigger ($30B) so cameras are far less important.

1 Canon 4,400 (3,200)

2 Nikon 3,300 (3,090)

3 Sony 900 (400)

4 Olympus 600 (500)

5 Pentax 520 (350)

6 Matsushita 75 (50)

Total 9,795 (7,590)

I wonder how many housings of all flavors for DSLRs were sold last year. Anyone have a guess?

Bill

I hope I am not starting bickering between C&N fans again.

My personal opinion:

1. C has the best marketing but their entry level cemara and lenses are quite horrid, more bell and whistle for C but may end up useless like their ECF in film era.

2. N less marketing but engineered their product functionally and nicely even for entry level, I still feel N RGB metering is the best metering system that I ever use.

Another vote for Nikon..... D80

Housing: Sea & Sea

Well Nikon, obviously.

Do other people make cameras?

Well Nikon, obviously.

 

Do other people make cameras?

the other guys make photocopiers too. We have one at my work. It does everything but licks the envelope, but when it breaks down (regularly) we're stuffed.

I work in the entertainment industry so HD video capability is VERY important and Canon's decades of expertise in the professional video area clearly stands out with fast chips capable of 1920X1080 30P Full-HD or 720 60P (1920X1080 30P RAW and 60P are being developed) while Nikon's chips are too slow to handle even 720 30P, which is why Nikon only can offer 720 24P so far. Increasing numbers of movies and TV shows are being recorded yes with Canon dSLRs not professional camcorders because of the low-light low-noise capabilities. If one absolutely needs professional-level stills AND HD videos, there's only one choice right now and the difference in still quality is too tiny to tell even by most pros, but the video quality is not even close...

I work in the entertainment industry so HD video capability is VERY important and Canon's decades of expertise in the professional video area clearly stands out with fast chips capable of 1920X1080 30P Full-HD or 720 60P (1920X1080 30P RAW and 60P are being developed) while Nikon's chips are too slow to handle even 720 30P, which is why Nikon only can offer 720 24P so far. Increasing numbers of movies and TV shows are being recorded yes with Canon dSLRs not professional camcorders because of the low-light low-noise capabilities. If one absolutely needs professional-level stills AND HD videos, there's only one choice right now and the difference in still quality is too tiny to tell even by most pros, but the video quality is not even close...

I thought the DS3 and such were now 1920x1080, 30fps, 24fps? But yeah, canon is way ahead on the video curve and whats being used in the industry.

As far as the OP goes, the best DSLR is the one that gives you the results you are happiest with. Its like the chevy vs ford argument. It all comes down to preferences.

Although I will say that whoever designed the canon speedlight nomenclature should have his ass kicked, repeatedly.

I thought the DS3 and such were now 1920x1080, 30fps, 24fps?

Nikon D3s has 720 24p.