Why to alot of people say that Cannon and Nikon make the best digital cameras?

Question

I hear alot of peolpe say that Cannon and Nikon make the best digital cameras, what so speacial about them.

Answer 1

For professional gear, Canon is the market leader, Nikon is a distant second, and the other companies trail way in the distance. Canon and Nikon owe their leading position to three facts:
* They make the best digital SLR cameras (for field work) that money can buy. In terms of megapixels, build quality, speed, and features, no other company can touch them.
* They have a phenominal range of professional lenses and accessories. In the lens department, only Zeiss and Leica can out-do them, but those companies don't have good enough cameras. (If you want to, you can use some Zeiss/ Leica lenses on a Canon, and Zeis has even started making lenses for Nikon.)
* Canon and Nikon offer professionals world-wide support.
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For semi-pro and even for entry level digital SLR cameras, every single Canon and Nikon model is excellent value for money. And of course, Canon and Nikon are the only companies that offer a real upgrade path (including a huge selection of used gear on eBay)
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With compact cameras, the market is more open and there are several good alternatives. Even here though, Canon usually offers good value for money - I believe that Nikon is having a harder time in this market segment. With point & shoots, it pays to read reviews for specific models. Some good places to do that are here
http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html
and here http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/default.asp?view=alpha

Answer 2

Because they are built better. I helped my brother shop for a digital camera last weekend and I was telling him how junky the Sonys are. To emphasize the point, they have an open box section where you can buy cameras that customers had purchased and returned for a discount of the regular price. There were about 7 or 8 different Sonys and a couple of HP cameras. Guess what no Canons and no Nikons. That's because people who buy them keep them. I purchased a Sony digital camera a couple of years ago. It used AA batteries. Well, the batteries would die in the camera before I could fill up the memory that was built into the camera. That's only like 15 pictures! When I called Sony they recommended that I try better batteries. So I purchased rechargable AA batteries, same problem. I purchased the Lithium batteries that had just come out at the time and were supposed to last like 4 times as long. Same thing! I called Sony back about it and they wouldn't do a warranty repair because they said nothing was wrong with the camera. Their suggestion was that I quit using the LCD display to save the battery. I returned the camera to the store where I purchased it and paid extra for a Canon. The Canon had a metal frame, a rechargable lithium ion battery, and I could take hundreds of pictures before having to recharge the battery that came with it. It was well worth the extra money and I learned two important lessons. Don't buy a digital camera that uses disposable batteries(the money you spend on batteries could have been spent to buy a better camera in the first place). And never under any circumstances buy a Sony digital camera. They were totally unhelpful with my problem and even if that was an isolated case I wouldn't want to have to deal with them for any other issues that might come up because I bought a camera that was cheap just to save $50 or so I could get it sooner.

Answer 3

Testing

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php

Read and compare the professional reviews on this website and decide for yourself who makes the best cameras.

Under $300, almost always, the best one is made by Canon. However, for fullsized cameras, Sony makes better than Canon. I'm talking about two specific cameras here. The Sony DSC-H5 ultrazoom camera, which is currently the best ultrazoom camera on the market. And the top of the line, DSC-R1, which is a fixed lens digital camera that performs as well as an SLR camera. The R1 is the best non-SLR camera that money can buy. I have this camera and it takes professional pictures. I'd recommend this camera over an SLR to any regular person who wants top of the line.

When it comes to SLR cameras, Canon dominates. By dominate I mean that, for good reason, most people buy Canon when they want to lay down several thousand dollars of their hard earned money for a professional camera. Canon has the best electronics and, more importantly, the best lenses. Since that crap is expensive (a decent lens costs almost $400, a good ultrazoom lens could run you almost $2000) you definitely want the best. And the best is Canon.

Answer 4

Firstly...its spelt CANON

I think Canon and Nikon are the two biggest sellers built up by a very good reputation. Canon make some of THE best cameras available (in compact, prosumer and digital SLR).
Most professionals use either Canon or Nikon. They have been making the best pro cameras and lenses for years-way before digital was around.
However, I don't think some of Nikon's smaller digicams are as good as Canon's. Nikon's main claim to fame is in their digital SLR cameras.
I use Canon (its my recommendation) and its a very reliable and quality brand. It might cost more than some other brands, but sometimes you have to pay a little more for excellent optics and build quality.

(and obviously you have to pay a little for the name as well) lol

Answer 5

i never eally cared about a specific brand before on digital camera but when i got a cannon sd100 about 3yrs ago a friend of mine that is a die hard sony camera guy totally loved my camera when using it. i can tell from experience you dont need to be an expert to get good quality pictures from cannon cameras and the options are super simple to understand. to this day i still get great quality pictures and the battery has had no problems and its a 3.2MB camera. i think what most people talk about is from the experience they have had with their cameras.

Answer 6

I have a Nikon and it's really good, easy to use, small, light, inexpensive and takes great pictures. I was going to buy a Kodak but you could only use Kodak brand stuff, etc and that didn't seem worth the money.

Answer 7

I have a Kodak 4.0 and the digital pictures are just fine.

Answer 8

because its true. but i go for the cheaper ones... a camera is a camera is a camera

Nikon is the best!

Answer 9

Probably because of their long hisrory.

Answer 10

maybe because theyre big name brands. i like hp.