I'm a Nikon Man

I'm a Nikon man through and through

— Identity withheld, but “he hopes to become a professional photographer.”

Cameras are a dime a dozen (with the new price increases, they cost slightly more than a dime). It's not the camera, but the system that is important. There's never a perfect system, be it Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony…

First of all, I'm not a Canon man, a Nikon man or… For years, I've used Pentax cameras, now I use Canon cameras, some Canon lenses and some Canon accessories, but I'm not a Canon man. Big difference! I'm not defined by the camera, I'm defined by: “I try to do the right thing” according to my morals. Sometimes, I'm too selfish and then I kick myself in the… Sometimes, I'm extremely proud when customers carry my photographs everywhere and show them to everybody.

Cameras, lenses, tripods… They are tools just like hammers, screwdrivers… It's not the photographer that counts, the most important is: “The interaction between the subject, the photographer and the viewer”

I use Canon instead of Nikon because Canon had the tools that I needed when I needed them. I needed an 18 to 20 megapixels camera (my customers were requesting the higher pixel count) and I wanted the 70-200 f/4 instead of the f/2.8, not because of the price but because of the size and weight.