| Chances are you already own the camera you'll | | | | students each year is important to us, too. |
| be using to shoot landscapes, but do read this | | | | Thoroughly knowing both the Canon and Nikon |
| anyway, so you know what to look for when it's | | | | systems helps us teach, because the vast |
| time to upgrade. Unlike the bygone days of film | | | | majority of our photography students also shoot |
| cameras, in which you might have used the same | | | | Canon or Nikon. |
| camera for several years, the rapid advances in | | | | Both Canon and Nikon offer superb cameras and |
| digital technology and stunning improvements in | | | | wide choices of lenses, including high-quality prime |
| image quality offered by the latest camera | | | | (non-zoom) lenses, tilt-shift lenses that control |
| models encourage digital photographers to | | | | depth of field and convergence of vertical lines, |
| upgrade every two or three years. | | | | zoom lenses with image-stabilization, and |
| NIKON AND CANON CAMERAS ARE SUPERB! | | | | specialized macro lenses. Canon and Nikon each |
| All digital cameras can produce fine landscape | | | | have cameras with a full-frame sensor that gives |
| images, but some models are clearly better for | | | | the full effect of wide-angle lenses. |
| landscapes than others. Just for the record, John | | | | OTHER EXCELLENT CAMERA SYSTEMS |
| has used Canon cameras for more than 30 years | | | | Several other companies build digital camera |
| while Barbara shoots Nikon. You might be | | | | systems and they make fine equipment. The |
| surprised to hear we shoot two different | | | | major players include Sigma, Fujifilm, Pentax, |
| systems, but it makes perfect sense to us. We | | | | Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and Olympus. Their |
| always know our Nikon gear is Barbara's and | | | | cameras are perfectly capable of shooting superb |
| Canon items belong to John, so we never get | | | | landscape images, but their overall systems are |
| mixed up. This makes things simple, keeps peace | | | | considerably smaller than the Canon and Nikon |
| in the family, and we each shoot what we like. | | | | systems, leaving nature photographers with far |
| Effectively teaching over a thousand photo | | | | fewer choices of lenses and accessories. |