This vs. That

A little over a month ago, Bethany asked me why I prefer Canon over Nikon. My answer to that had absolutely nothing to do with any belief of Canon being superior to Nikon. It was simply because that's what what my dad has always used, and that my high school graduation was a Canon Digital Rebel. In other words, it's just what I'm familiar with.

I had been thinking about that a lot lately. I'd be willing to bet you that if you ask anyone why they shoot with a Canon, or why they shoot with a Nikon, more times than not their answer will have something to do with Canon being better than Nikon, or visa versa. Here's where I stand on that argument. I strictly shoot with a Canon because it's what I'm used to. Here's why I don't have any strong opinions on which camera company is better: Take an image shot with a high end Canon camera, and take a similar image shot with a high end Nikon. I'd be willing to bet you that absolutely nobody would be able to tell which image was shot with which camera.

The same thing applies to the argument of the superior post process software between Adobe Lightroom and Apple's Aperture. Process a photo in Lightroom and process a photo in Aperture and again I'm sure you won't be able to tell which was processed in which program. I've used both Aperture and Lightroom. I prefer using Aperture because I like the layout of the interface more than Lightroom. I also like its file management over Lightroom. There are, however, some features in Lightroom that I wish Aperture had (adjustment brush!) but here's to hoping that Aperture 3 will have that feature.

The best camera is the one that's with you