Originally posted by Dma110 A lot of the canikons had really big lenses. Either the camera store conned them in getting the biggest, fastest, most
expensive lens in the store....
I saw 1 olympus, 2 Sonys, & 3 pentax- 1 p&s, 1 K-x (mine) and
1 K-5 (mine) all the rest were canikons.
Not trying to defend Canikon, but to me, the observations of the opening poster is just an indication of how successful Canikon are in their marketing, and also the control of the market they have as the number 1 and 2 players in the dSLR camera field; when you have that much market share, with so many people using their cameras, that very visible presence means that those who are thinking about getting a dSLR will most likely have been only exposed to the two brands, which in turn would influence their buying decision.
Personally, I think the title of the thread would be more suited to be
"Why can't inexperienced dSLR users learn how to use their damn cameras?". To me, a newbie's a newbie, regardless of what the branding on their camera says; and yes, that even includes Pentax users.
Originally posted by Dma110 That's today's report. Tomorrow, off to the chinese dragon boat races. Maybe I'll see more canikon "pros" in action
Being the user of a certain brand of camera does not a pro make.