Nikon vs. Canon: The Olympics
I wrote before about the newly kindled battle between Canon and Nikon in the professional camera segment. Nikon has launched some incredible new products lately, but Canon has countered by promoting their long standing success as the camera of choice for sports photographers. Now Luminous Landscape has found an amazing new photo from the Olympics:
All of the gray lenses are Canons while all of the black lenses are Nikons. I count 21 lenses – 13 Nikons and 8 Canons. Unbelievable! Canon is in serious trouble! The photo comes from Stern.de, and a larger version is here.
Matt pointed this out to me a couple days ago. He said last year the lenses were almost all white at the big events.
Amazing what can happen in a year…he says a lot of pros are put off by the Mark III and switching to Nikon.
I really think that Canon has to wow the world at Photokina or else they’re going to lose their lead in the pro market. They’ve committed too many sins against their customers to hold on for much longer.
Matt’s holding out to see how the Mark IV does before deciding.