If you really want to mess with the Canon shooters...

Get one of these:

Can't beat them... join them

Yeah, like the cookoo in the robin's nest...:-)

Would this also do it?

Aarghhh!

I always loved the basic black, gave us that "hard" look.

Now we have to look like those Virginal Goody Goody Canon types with their "pure" white? :shock:

Guess Nikon is sick of seeing that sea of white at sporting events eh? Now no one will be able to tell...smart move!

Sporting events coverage have been dominated by white lenses recently. There were a number of stories about that at the Olympics. This is Nikon's way of introducing some doubt that they are all Canon.

Well, if you're 2 years late in introducing a fast digital pro SLR, you're gonna lose marketshare. Plus, it seems that Canon has always (?) dominated in long lenses. But I don't go back that far, so some of you old(er)-timers may have to chime in.

I don't know about long lenses, but if this trend continues, we'll soon see grey plastic bodies in Nikon's DSLR lineup.

ROFL. Nikon has been making white bodied lenses for years according to Thom Hogan. I guess we can always be like that one insecure guy in the Olympics photo and stick a big CANON sticker on our lens so there is no confusion...

I think that Nikon lead the pack in long fixed primes for a loooooong time but Canon shot ahead in long zooms and IS.

Cheers

James

Nikon has offered grey lenses forever. It's just an optional color for them versus standard for Canon. Canon uses it for branding purposes, much like their "L" designation, and it works. Apparently, people really believe that Canon is the only company that makes lenses "the best way they know how". Nikon does, too, only they don't paint a red ring on those models. The lack of mount compatibility makes it difficult to do head-to-head comparisons between the manufacturers. It would be as nice to use Nikon wides on a Canon as much as it would to use the IS telephoto primes on Nikon.