One for the Canon users
 

I was reading an article on the development of the EOS mount system and the author made quite a lot of references to the bravery of Canon when they ditched the FD mount and how the EOS system caught on and brought Canon back to the top of the pro market.. blah blah blah

But the best thing in the entire article was the image below. Image credits are to Vincent Thian of AP. They're all waiting for the finish of the mens 100m sprint at the 2004 Athens Olympics

[img]http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/eos/images/VThianMan100MFinals9.jpg[/img]

Just made me smile! :D

:D Wonder how long it takes OldBoy to jump in and say that a lot has happened since 2004 - not to mention him posting an equally provacative image of course. :rolleyes:

:D Dunno but I've been accused of being the next OB recently. Perhaps I should do it first... ;)

Funnily enough, you don't seem to see banks of Nikon lenses. I'm sure they exist - but you don't notice the black.

So is the beige marketing or for some scientific reason? :)

Some might say beige is the colour of boring... ;)

and in the case of canon Lenses : Pure class and high Quality!! Market leader!! LOL

whoa.. i like that shot, it makes me a happy EOS user.. plus 1 for the CANON.. thanks for sharing chris

[QUOTE=anglefire;7969]Funnily enough, you don't seem to see banks of Nikon lenses. I'm sure they exist - but you don't notice the black.

So is the beige marketing or for some scientific reason? :)[/QUOTE]

Supposedly scientific, and you can actually order Nikon lenses in the same colour although they will charge quite a lot more for the privilidge of looking like a Canon user!

We all seem a very parochial lot in Britain, we forget or overlook that the rest of the world uses the same equipment and that environmental conditions are very different to here. The grey paintjob is supposed to keep the inside of a sealed lens cooler than a matt back one and thus keep the optics better aligned. In an environment where a photographer might go from searing heat outdoors to an air conditioned building (there's even an indoor ski slope) the step in temperature can be dramatic, something we don't have to deal with thankfully!

I'm sure this was a rhetorical question & you knew all this anyway!

Just to show what happened four years later at Beijing:

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[IMG]http://lh5.ggpht.com/kentkcyu/SKlNGc5qhlI/AAAAAAAALAo/BU_qfXPhuuw/s400/BesteBilder56_750.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://lh3.ggpht.com/kentkcyu/SKPhP7G8EOI/AAAAAAAAK9I/5d0-PQPYQ9I/s800/canikon.jpg[/IMG]

Four years is a long time in digital camera development, however now the 1D MkIV is launched things might well swing back again.

Well think back to 80s it was all Nikon F3s, then the Canon EOS 650 & 620 came out in 1987 I had the 620 with a 35-70mm it was the future!