The 2010 Ausphotography Camera Brand Poll

[ricktas]

Each year we have had a camera brand poll. Please vote for your primary camera brand.

[AmyK]

Canon :D

[virgal_tracy]

Difficult to answer. I have the fuji S5pro which is based on the Nikon D200 and uses nikon lenses and all accessories, but I prefer this due to the enhanced Dynamic range of its sensor but everything else about it is Nikon so I guess that's where my vote will go.

[ving]

nikon... :)

[Darey]

Nikon X 2 and associated lenses.

[HayTay]

A just purchased Pentax K-x with smc Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II lens. I'm saving up for the the smc Pentax DA 55-300mm lens and hope to have it soon.

[41jas]

Canon :D

Ditto!

[yummymummy]

Ditto!

uh huh, here too :) x2!

[Natsky]

Mixed bag for me. Though chose Nikon I also have Fuji S5 Pro, which is a Nikon in disguise I suppose, and when I can, I steal hubbies Leica for a play. Currently lusting after the Leica X1 to throw in my bag so I always have a camera with me.

[darkbhudda]

Pentax forever. Though for their great P&Sers Canon will always be second in my heart.

[Allann]

Canon.

What might be interesting Rick is a poll by state too. Many here in qld are canon though we are starting to get a few nikon shooters


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[wechap]

Nikon:)

[Gremlin]

Canon! :D

[RaoulIsidro]

Two years ago it would be Nikon for me.
Now predominantly Canon, so I clicked on Canon.
I use Nikon for weddings and Canon for everything else.

[Mat]

Started with Ricoh SLRs in the 80's/90's so Pentax for me :)

[mongo]

Come on people !

for a site with 9000 members we so far have only 68 people with cameras according to the stats so far. Mongo knows not every body makes a comment when they look in on things on this site but surely they can tell us what camera they use. Please vote.

[debs]

:clogo:

[kingwheatie]

:nlogo::th3:

[Terri]

Is Canon the first one mentioned in the poll because it has most votes? If not, I think this poll is biased :D (j/k of course!)

[RebelT2]

Canon :th3:

[rattle]

Hah, hah, I finally have a dslr and can vote on a poll like this.
Oh happy days! :th3:

[Kym]

Is Canon the first one mentioned in the poll because it has most votes? If not, I think this poll is biased :D (j/k of course!)

Results of polls are sorted into descending order :Doh:

[Becstarr]

Canon all the way I love it

[lostris]

Nikon is the one for me :love0:

[matilda]

Nikon X 2 and associated lenses.

ditto to that too.

[kevinj]

Canon all the way.:cool:

[WhoDo]

:plogo: :devil6: Definitely NOT one of these -> :nzsheep: :lol:

[Keith]

:slogo:

[sid]

Proud Nikonian here :D

[Brian500au]

Canon

[rwg717]

As a committed Canon owner, I must confess to owning a Pentax digital (I started out with Pentax film cameras) and horror of horrors a Nikon D60 which I got on the cheap last year, just to satisfy my curiosity:eek:
Richard

[piXelatedEmpire]

make an announcement or mass PM asking members to take the poll perhaps?

[Bear Dale]

This is like the Grand Final and Canon wins everytime :)

[Cammada]

Canon is the one!

[Art Vandelay]

This is like the Grand Final and Canon wins everytime :)

Lucky you didn't mention the Sate of Origin.. ...:D

oh, and Canon over here too.

[ausguitarman]

:clogo:

[Chilli]

:clogo:

[Xebadir]

Nikon...cause I don't get lured by big numbers :P.

[Pixley]

Proud Pentaxian:)

[peterb666]

Olympus Pen E-P1

[B D H]

Canon for life

I have too many lenses etc. to go and change camera bodies
not only that - I love my 7D

[Culhwch]

Pentax here...

[dulvariprestige]

Canon here.

[Jorge Arguello]

Fuji FinePix. I used Pentax 1000, then Canon EOS 300, and my first digital Fuji.

[ricktas]

make an announcement or mass PM asking members to take the poll perhaps?

A link to this thread is in the upcoming member newsletter that should be finalised in the next few days or so.

[Redback51]

Canon first up, followed by several Minoltas, then Nikon (because work paid for it) and now back to Canon, which Is probably where I'll stay considering the investment in glass. Cheers :food04:

[wal1]

Have used Fuji for about the last 7 Years, bought a s2 18 months ago, when I upgrade, it will have to be Nikon, because of the lenses. Also have a Nikon 35mm and have recently been given 2 of the other brand 35mm. Does that make a bicamerexual?:scrtch:

[ricktas]

Does that make a bicamerexual?:scrtch:

Depends how big your lens is :lol2:

[Redgum]

FORD! (Oh! Wrong poll.) NIKON x 4

[kiwi]

I'd be interested to see a poll that discussed something useful, we in nikon land know there are more canon users out there as they clearly dominate the cheap nasty end of the slr market and have lots of dinosaur users at the top end clinging onto their investment made before nikon changed the playing field when the d3 and then the d700 were released ( you know who you are)

Seriously, all slr brands are better than we typically need

[Ian]

I have voted:pircannon::clogo: as i have owned three of them for the last twenty odd years, starting with the T50, then the AE-1 Programme, now the EOS 400D. and will likely stay canon un less i win gold lotto, which is highly unlikely.:sad68: aaaggghhhh well all good things come to those who wait:umm::scrtch::food04::) ian(pappa smurf:costumed70:

[peterb666]

Depends how big your lens is :lol2:

Some people prefer a viewfinder while others prefer a LCD. ;)

[mcdesign]

NIKON

[amexav]

Nikon girl :)

[Tikira]

Recently there seems to have been an increase in Nikon users joining, and comparing previous years with this one will be an interesting exercise.
Di

[2cr4ck]

Nikon here...

[peterb666]

Recently there seems to have been an increase in Nikon users joining, and comparing previous years with this one will be an interesting exercise.
Di

Apparently Nikon have had a bit of a resurgance in recent years after having lost the plot in the earler days of dSLRs and handing a lot of the market over to Canon. Competition at this level is good for both Nikon and Canon and especially for the consumer. It is still quite distant from the days when Nikon boasted 60 different lenses in their catalog and were bringing out innovative lenses like the first shift lens and first wide angle zoom.

[SirusDeVirus]

Nikon for me. Thanks

[Raptor Reptiles]

Have owned the canon 50d for a week, but before was sony piont and shoot or nokia phone.

[kyteflyer]

Pentax x2, K200D and K-x. And I still tend to use the K200D more often.

[rookie]

:pircannon:

[joele]

As I work in a sector where I can afford to try a lot of cameras out, I have gone through many DSLRs from Pentax (D,DS,K100,K10,K7), Olympus (e3), Nikon (D90) and settled on the one I thought I never would use Canon.

I have a soft spot for Olympus but doubt they will keep 4/3 (non m4/3) around for much longer..

[mrDooba]

Canon....:cool:

[calloyd]

Canon - for the last 10yrs.

[LJG]

http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac352/LJG_photo/Canon.jpg

[Kimbolina]

:plogo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Kimberly_au/Animations/MiniArrow.gif :)

[Bax155]

Nikon...cause I don't get lured by big numbers :P.
and thats the reason I use a :slogo:

[JzB]

Canon SLR Film and DSLR.

[Babu]

If you want to fire some serious shots, use a Canon!!!

Canon dslr x 5 (+ Nikon & Minolta film cameras)

[Rob Fraser]

I use Canon. But a friend of mine swears by Nikon. Gotta love that rivalry.
But with the cost of lenses I find it easier to stick to one brand at this stage.
:th3:

[AndreaB]

Woot woot. canon here, and so far 49.55% are canon users... WOW

[Raaf Hornet]

Does anyone know if the poll reflects world sales, are Canon the biggest selling brand of DSLR's ?, Jeff

[flyfisher]

Canon always from T50 and T70 film to 5D MkII

[Rustyography]

Nikon FTW!

[dragomir media]

Proud Nikonian here

[canonboy]

Canon for me.
Canonboy

[Megsy33]

Nikon

[DavidT]

Nikon

[Flora]

Nikon for me !:th3:

[former surfer]

Canon

[Stingray]

Canon!! FTW! :)

[blissful]

Fuji - and soon (I hope) to be Canon

[creakingbones]

I'm a Nikon nut. Wouldn't use anything else.

[xrdave]

Canon EOS for me.

Dave.

[Fuss]

Nikon, of course. Is there other brands!!

[Aitchw]

All my cameras and lenses are Canon slr,s and l series lenses

[Mark16136]

Canon

[Tildababy]

Canon!!

[Psyentist]

Canon!

[Elvie]

I love my Canon cameras, could not be convinced otherwise

[jenrogan]

NIKON

[Woofess]

Canon

[Finlaw]

Nikon:)

Yep me too

[Rosy]

Canon

[zenridaz]

3 guys i work with owned canon dslr's and loved them,then my missus said its gotta be canon,then after weighing up camparitive models all signs pointed to canon.
this is like ford v holden

[kiwi]

eeek, canon, pppffftttt

[Bercy]

Canon:

[Nanny]

Canon :D :th3:

[Falcons]

Pentax - #3 for now but definetly making up ground

[Tonto]

I didn't see this poll till today - P E N T A X
Suprised Pentax #3 1 in 10 users, must be a few film users out there :)

[selig]

CANON

[rborsje]

Nikon - used for work purposes as well as personal. Lens as well. Why bother with the pretenders??:lol:

[flashpixx]

:nlogo: DSLR
:nlogo: Lenses
:nlogo:all the way :th3:

[BUGSnBIRDS]

New to all this digitial stuff but NIKON for me.:th3:
Was going to be Canon and after much deliberation it became Nikon D700 for low light and bird tracking abilities - always pros and cons for every choice.

[Keats18]

Canon

[Ninox]

Canon :)

[Graham]

HI Nikon for me.

Graham

[jp2k5]

Canon flag here

[bigdazzler]

:slogo: + iPhone :D

[Lance B]

Nikon and Pentax.

Just purchased a Nikon D700 and lenses, but still have most of my beloved Pentax gear as well.

[douglasdc8]

Nikon d300s d3000 d80

[ricktas]

Does anyone know if the poll reflects world sales, are Canon the biggest selling brand of DSLR's ?, Jeff

Canon are, but depends on the Market. In Europe in 2008 (i think it was) Nikon sold more. Go to China and Nikon camera's are everywhere, seems to be the fave brand there. So the poll here may reflect more the Australian market, but it might just reflect AP members and nothing else.:D:confused013

[TriggerHappy2010]

Canon! :th3:

[Viewindo]

I could've sworn there would be more Olympus users attending. A few years ago that's all I saw on the streets! Olympus, Olympus, Olympus.

(Using a Canon btw)

[muggins]

Nikon newbie for 4 weeks still trying to figure it out.

[fr33lanc3r]

Nikon

[joele]

I could've sworn there would be more Olympus users attending. A few years ago that's all I saw on the streets! Olympus, Olympus, Olympus.


They still also get a lot of dominant space in many camera stores too.. but I don't think they sell all that well...

P.S. I had an e3 from work for a while and loved it as a camera, nice zoom range too, but very little choice in primes..

[Viewindo]

They still also get a lot of dominant space in many camera stores too.. but I don't think they sell all that well...

P.S. I had an e3 from work for a while and loved it as a camera, nice zoom range too, but very little choice in primes..
Yeah, the lack of primes is why I shifted to Canon. Seemed to be more for what I was looking for.
I still love Olympus though, if it weren't for them I would have never got into digital Photography to begin with.

[piXelatedEmpire]

Not a lot of love for Oly.. you people don't know what you're missing with quality Oly glass! :D:D

[manic77]

Olympus the best compact camera with affordable bright lovely lens

[Bear Dale]

Olympus the best compact camera with affordable bright lovely lens

:flowersnap:

[JayR]

Pentax

I always wondered why so many seem to gravitate to Canon & Nikon though - is it because there is just more stock in the shops?

For sure its a pain that there isnt so much Pentax glass to test out in your local store, but given about 95% of Canon/Nikon users i see out and about only have the kit lens, im kind of puzzled. Pentax lenses are exceptionally big in bang-for your buck, amazing primes, and cheap, very user friendly cameras that seem to cost more for same features/grade in Canon/Nikon.

[ricktas]

Pentax

I always wondered why so many seem to gravitate to Canon & Nikon though - is it because there is just more stock in the shops?

For sure its a pain that there isnt so much Pentax glass to test out in your local store, but given about 95% of Canon/Nikon users i see out and about only have the kit lens, im kind of puzzled. Pentax lenses are exceptionally big in bang-for your buck, amazing primes, and cheap, very user friendly cameras that seem to cost more for same features/grade in Canon/Nikon.

My thoughts on this is advertising. Ever seen Pentax advertise on the tv? Also grab one of the local camera magazines and have a browse. How many Canon/Nikon ads are there compared to Pentax? Canon and Nikon get their brand name out there, so much so that when someone walks into a camera store, those two brand names are already very well known to them.

Remember also that Canon also sell printers. photocopiers. scanners etc. Most people are exposed to the brand in some way every day, in their workplace, home printer etc. It is often seen as a reliable brand for electronic equipment. All of this goes to ensuring Canon stays at the top of the pile, in my opinion.

[Zandri]

Canon - (a very old one at that :( )

[andrask]

This seems to confirm the popularity of Canon and Nikon.

For me the choice of Canon was determined much earlier on in the film days when a photographer friend recommended an EOS SLR . When digital came it was natural stick to Canon to be able to use the extant lenses.

[ctorry]

From a Newbie perspective, I agree with Rick's comments.

When I was looking to purchase my first DSLR a few months ago, every shop was stocking Canon and Nikon. When I read photography magazines, to assist with my learning, there is a full page advertisment by either Canon or Nikon or both by very little from other brands.

Canon appears to be having a big push on the 550D and is offering one as a prize in a number of competions. This means that you get the Canon camera body and, unless you sell it, you will end up purchasing Canon lenses. Once you start purchasing Canon lenses the next camera that you purchase will probably also be a Canon as you alreay have the lenses to go with it.

I purchased the 450D, which I find to be a great camera for what I require, but not because I knew much about the difference in camera's but because I am a sucker for Advertising and a good sales pitch.

[feral1]

Canon here, when only the best will do.

I picked canon due to the fact that, Good camera, a wider range of lenses and for the money not too bad on price.
I am not saying cheap, as they are not, but are cheaper than the same focal length as a Nikon.

:rolleyes: Must win money, get more lenses and a big one at that :lol2:.

Peter

[Harves]

Nikon x 2 here...:th3:

[Julie]

Canon :)

[Bear Dale]

I wonder if the people who don't have a Canon or Nikon wish that they had bought one now........or did you make initial informed buying decisions?

[WhoDo]

I wonder if the people who don't have a Canon or Nikon wish that they had bought one now........or did you make initial informed buying decisions?
Informed buying decisions.

I had a couple of decent quality Sigma lenses with Pentax mounts and the relative who works for Nikon couldn't get me enough of a discount to make losing or adapting them worth the effort. The Pentax sold itself and no I don't regret buying a Pentax instead of a Canon or Nikon! Everything I've used the K-x for since its purchase has confirmed it was the right choice for me, especially for low light performance and value for money. JMHO, Jim. You did ask and no I am not trying to start a brouhaha!;)

[Pixley]

I wonder if the people who don't have a Canon or Nikon wish that they had bought one now........or did you make initial informed buying decisions? No - I also had some old Pentax mount lenses courtesy of my Husband from his film slr days which influenced my decision somewhat. Although every review that I read of entry level Dslrs (doing research prior to buying a Dslr) rated the Pentax K-x as far superior than its Nikon and Canon counterparts. Image quality on the K-x is even thought to be comparable in some reviews with the 7D. I do wish that Pentax made a cheap nifty fifty (such as Canon does) but I think Pentax makes up for this by the backward compatibility of its lenses. So far I have been very happy indeed with the photos I have been taking.

[Bear Dale]

Thanks for the replies. I was going to initially buy a Pentax as the reviews all gave it more stars than the Canon 50D I first purchased.

[Allan Ryan]

Canon 50D - only dropped once ;)
come on Nikon owners come over to the dark side :lol:

[Eberbachl]

Nikon.

...I'm interested in the Pentax K5 however - but it would be huge big leap, as I've got sooo much money tied up in the Nikon system making a change would be very hard to do. I do love my D5000 and D90, but would consider a swap if something looked sufficiently tempting.

:)

[la lumiere]

Canon- but have previously been rapt with Pentax film SLR's

[dredi1975]

Started with Sony.....but now and forever after Canon:D