Nikon Vs Canon

1. Nikon was exclusively an expensive camera for professionals, and Canon made cameras popular with consumers

2. Nikon made no cameras before WW II. After Nikon's warmongering activities were closed-down after WWII, Nikon had to figure out what to do for peaceful purposes.

3. A good thing about Nikon is that they announce products a couple of months before they become available. Canon, usually has cameras available when they announce them, so you can get caught off guard.

4. Nikon-slew of manual focus lenses.

5. In 1980 Nikon was the undisputed king of pro 35mm cameras. For the same price as Canon was much better mechanical quality and better access to rental gear.

6. Nikon AF cameras couldn't focus fast enough for sports.

7. Nikon's AF speed is as good as Canon today

8. 1999-Nikon became the leader in professional digital.

9. Nikon's D7 the better-built Canon 20D

10. Nikon leapfrogged them with the D200. The D200 eclipsed anything Canon had done, including the Canon 5D which cost three times as much.

11. Nikon D800 which has more resolution than any Canon DSLR.(2012)

12. The biggest reason pros shoot Nikon, or switch from Canon to Nikon, is that Nikon's flash exposure control gets perfect flash exposure every time, while a core incompetency of Canon is that Canon DSLRs rarely get consistently good flash exposure.

13. Most Canons have "C" modes on their control dials.was Easy And good..

14. Smart Reset (two-green-button reset) of Nikon DSLRs was good.

15. Nikon has more flexibility in programming Auto ISO.

16. Great Autofocus in Nikon

17. Locking Flash Shoe in Nikon . It flicks with a lever.

18. Most digital Nikons have magic, selectable viewfinder grids, free!

19. The Nikons have an AUTO CONTRAST mode by default

20. Nikon has annoying little lamps on the camera body. Canon doesn't, and instead fires the flash with an ultra-annoying series of continuous bursts.

21. in-finder data a little bit sparser in Canon than in Nikon.

22. To use the Canon system, have to buy different lenses for each camera.

23. Nikons have a "?" button for explaining most of the menu functions. Canons don't.

24. Shots Remaining-The Canons are stupid and stop at 1999, while Nikons are smart enough to show "2.7k"

25. Canon's JPG file sizes vary to maintain constant quality.

26. Clock Setting-The Nikons let you set the clock to any random second.

27. Depth-of-Field Preview Button-Canon's buttons work instantly and silently and Nikon's buttons are bogus!!

28. Front Lens Caps-Canon's caps are pretty flimsy. Nikon has much, much better and beefier caps.