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

> Tony Polson wrote:
> "The Dave©" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I agree.  However, I suspect that neither you nor I had a big
> investment in Canon FD lenses at the time the EOS system was
> introduced.
> 
> A friend was heavily into Canon equipment and was very annoyed.  Canon
> had tried AF versions of the FD mount (in the T80 if I recall
> correctly) and he felt reassured that Canon would stay with FD.  When
> they announced EOS, he was livid.
> 
> He is still using Canon T90s and FD lenses and still uses only film!

At the time all I had was a Minolta XG9 and a Vivitar zoom lens.  It
wasn't until years later that I caught the 'photo bug', so I wasn't
even aware of the change over at the time.  What I know is more from
reading and talking with people and trying to look at it in a
historical perspective.