roxics wrote:Plus Nikon has been making it so that some of their cheaper cameras can't use their more expensive lenses.
! I'm shocked! What happened to the "All Nikon lenses fit all Nikon bodies" line?
I like Canon for the oposite reason -- I like Canon lenses. I chose my A2e because it was part of the EOS system, and EOS leses are far and away the most advanced. Ofter buying, owning, shooting and loving the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L, I never considered anything other than Canon's digital SLRs.
If you're willing to jump the Nikon ship, your pain for adjusting to Canon bodies and controls would be amply rewarded with the lens options you'd have.
Granted, not all Canon lenses are great... many aren't even good. I have taken to calling Canon's cheapo-crap consumer leses "Rebel lenses." They are price point lenses for bundling with the Rebel. It became apparent to Canon that all of the big retailers where bundling the Canon bodies (even the EOS 3) with cheap-crap Tamron leses just to have a low priced bundle. Canon decided that they could sell the same quality lens, and keep that money for themselves. I don't blame them, but I won't touch the lenses!
As for Nikon bodies, I think Nikon has some of the best designed SLR bodies and features you can get... but they won't talk to my EOS lenses, so I'm not interested.