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Thom Hogan Nikon vs. Canon (Tabulated)

Thom Hogan has an interesting analysis about the state of where the DLSRs from Nikon and Canon stand vis-à-vis each other in the different categories. We have simply tabulated them below for your convenience.

 
NIKON vs. CANON
Nikon
Canon
PRO
Pixel
D3X
1Ds
Speed
D3s
1DIV
PROSUMER
High
D700 (ISO)
5DII (MP, Video)
 
7D
D300s
CONSUMER
High
D90
50D
Middle
D5000
Low-End
T2i
D3000

According to Thom, Nikon still rules the PRO category; Nikon and Canon share the High PROSUMER categoy; Canon, the PROSUMER category; Nikon, the High and Mid CONSUMER category; Canon, the Low-end CONSUMER category.

You have to read the whole article to make sense of the table.

Read the article and analysis at: byThom [You may need to search for: Where Do We Really Stand? May 21 (commentary)].

And while Canon and Nikon battle it out in the DSLR arena, a more or less quiet revolution is taking place with mirrorless DSLRs that may well threaten to make the traditional DSLR (and this whole battle) irrelevant.