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Famed Photographer Switches Canon For Nikon

Postby gooseberry on Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:32 pm

Saw this on another site and thought it was quite interesting, considering the switches usually happens the other way round.

http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Deta ... 05cp.shtml

When asked why he made the change he said, “My main concern is always the final image's quality. Most of my fine art prints get blown up to fairly big sizes and it is of utmost importance to me that the camera is not the weakest link in my artwork. Tests under laboratory conditions really don't mean a lot to me. I like to see what the image quality is in the field and in my studio. So far I am only more convinced that my change was the right choice.”
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Postby gooseberry on Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:53 pm

Could be a marketing ploy by Nikon.... similar to what Canon did a while ago with some famous photogs switching from Nikon to Canon with big fanfare.
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Postby adam on Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:01 pm

I'll still continue to use my Canon happily :)
For me, I think that most DSLR's out there will make me happy enough, but for a pro, different :O
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Postby Reschsmooth on Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:50 am

Sounds very Nikon PR'ish to me :lol:
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:54 am

Fine art big prints, he is missing out on the Hassy.... :lol:
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Postby radar on Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:01 am

I certainly would not take much notice of this one. The kind of art that he does seems to depend more on his PS skills. I'm sure it starts with a very good studio session to get the poses that he starts with. However to most photographers, I don't see them saying, "Wow, if I have a Nikon camera, I can do this!"

Just some PR work. It is nice to see a switch to Nikon for a change.

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Postby shutterbug on Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:05 am

I just compared some iso3200 images on the weekend from D200 and 5D.

5D kick a$$.

I will see how the fuji S5 goes, if it is not that great I will pickup a 5D :-)
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Postby Aussie Dave on Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:21 am

Interesting that it doesn't mention what Canon gear he was using (that he believed was letting him down) and what Nikon gear he moved to (which gave him the better results he was after).

Way too much generalisation for my liking...

I think we all know enough to see this for what it really is :roll:
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:27 am

A real ’Pro’ would never blame his tools 8)
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Postby shutterbug on Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:19 am

sirhc55 wrote:A real ’Pro’ would never blame his tools 8)


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:58 am

sirhc55 wrote:A real ’Pro’ would never blame his tools 8)


It only has to be the assistant who forgot to bring them... :lol:
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Postby Grev on Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:12 am

Ummm he should be shooting medium format or 4x5... :?
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Postby Mr Darcy on Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:58 pm

A real ’Pro’ would never blame his tools

The reason a 'pro' never blames his tools is because he has the sense to get good tools in the first place :D

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