Is this true?

[bgolds99]

Gday Guys and Gals,

Just reading through the December issue of 'Digital SLR Photography' magazine (UK). In a section about the Nikon 1 system, it states that Nikon "has the largest proportion of the DSLR market (46.8% DSLR market share for volume). Is this true? I don't know many people with DSLRs, so i can't really even estimate the numbers, but i did go on an O/S holiday recently and almost every other tourist that had a DSLR, had a Canon, usually one of the 450D-550D models.

Cheers,
Brad.

[Tikira]

Hi Brad
I don't know whether it is true, but AP has run a poll for a couple of years (search "Brand Poll" in seach area on top right) Here is the link to 2011.
http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/showthread.php?81498-The-2011-Ausphotography-Camera-Brand-Poll&highlight=brand+poll

The results in both 2010 and 2011 show Canon as the top brand here.

Di

[kiwi]

Of course it's true

Nikon rules the WORLD

[Bennymiata]

Canon has the largest SLR system available, and their lenses are of similar quality to Nikon, yet are a bit cheaper.

The rest you can figure out yourself! :D

Personally, I went with the Canon system and the main reason for that was their 100-400L lens, which is a LOT cheaper than the Nikon equivalent.
Mind you, I'm waiting for the new Canon 200-400 with the built in converter to appear and I would imagine it to be probably a little dearer than the Nikon 200-400.