Well, I am quite sure that the Canon EOS 1v is strong enough to merit to be called built like a tank. I think that it actually is stronger than the all metal Nikon F5. As to the lenses I think that Canon has been working quite hard to improve their very top of the line lenses. I just got the latest newsletter from the renowned Leica expert Erwin Puts and in it he compared the Canon and Leica lens lines and found out that many lenses are indeed of comparable quality. This can also be seen in the PopPhoto lens tests as well, 1.4/35 mm lenses from Canon and Leica are for all practical purposes equal. This is something that Nikon has not been doing. What about Pentax, then? I think Pentax is not competing in this game, excluding perhaps the Limiteds. Pentax makes very good lenses in the category just below the very top - Nikon level, that is. I would really like to see a wooden SLR from Tachihara - built like a house ;-) All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 23. maaliskuuta 2003 18:53 Aihe: Re: Vs: Pentax <--> Canon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Greene" >Subject: Re: Vs: Pentax <--> Canon > >> But then, that should not matter in actaul strength of >> the bodies in question, because the Army's Abrams Main >> Battle Tank, <offensive commentary snipped> is literally filled with, and >made partly of, >> plastics! > >By applying by the same standard, my Tachihara should be as strong as a >house, since both are made from wood, or that my LX should be as tough as a >bank vault because they are both built from metal. >How a tank is built has nothing to do with how a camera is built. > >William Robb >
