Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!

In article <0UKAj.20805$yk5.13775@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "The Dave©" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Tony Polson wrote:
> > That's certainly one way of looking at it.  Given Nikon's commitment
> > to some kind of backward compatibility, I think adding features on the
> > one hand and taking away some of the backward compatibility with the
> > other is probably inevitable, given the restriction of using the basic
> > F mount.
> > 
> > >> However, let us not forget that Canon abandoned its loyal FL and FD
> > >> customer base (and largely alienated it) with the introduction of
> > the >> EF mount.  At least Nikon has avoided that, going for step by
> > step >> changes that keep most Nikon users on board rather than
> > Canon's one >> step change that turned off a whole community of loyal
> > fans.
> > > 
> > > Canon certainly abandoned their users with the change. That was
> > > what brought me to Nikon.
> > 
> > For me, the N80/F80 was the straw that broke the camel's back.  I also
> > had serious issues with the optical performance of some of my Nikkors.
> 
> If everything you've said about this in this thread is true, and I have
> nothing with which to dispute it, then it seems that Canon actually
> made the better long-term choice in changing everything to EF as far as
> the customer is concerned.

As a long term Nikon SLR owner, with an ancient Canon film SLR and Canon 
digital P&S, I'd agree that there is an argument that Canon is in better 
shape today regarding the mount than Nikon.