Which is better, Nikon or Canon?

Rick A · Jul 17, 2016

This video proves which is actually the better brand.

BrianShaw · Jul 17, 2016

My internet is unreliable at the moment. Did Nikon win or was the test done incorrectly?

one90guy · Jul 17, 2016

Nikon clear winner, could still read logo and back maybe ok

cliveh · Jul 17, 2016

Why would you want to do this?

Theo Sulphate · Jul 17, 2016

As someone who appreciates camera mechanisms and design, I don't like to see this done (I didn't watch it). It seems juvenile at best. Instead, the parts in those cameras, including the plates, could've been used to make another camera work again.

Paul Howell · Jul 17, 2016

Just as waste.

summicron1 · Jul 17, 2016

to be meaningful it should be a nikon F and a canon F1 --- fair is fair, sez i.

AgX · Jul 17, 2016

cliveh said:
Why would you want to do this?

Because it is a typical threat in a camera's life?

Sirius Glass · Jul 17, 2016

Nikon. Why? Because that is what I own.

cliveh · Jul 17, 2016

AgX said:
Because it is a typical threat in a camera's life?

Do you often put your camera in a hydraulic press?

Michael Guzzi · Jul 17, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
As someone who appreciates camera mechanisms and design, I don't like to see this done (I didn't watch it). It seems juvenile at best. Instead, the parts in those cameras, including the plates, could've been used to make another camera work again.

+1

I did watch it though, instant regret... poor Nikon

AgX · Jul 17, 2016

clive, I tried to be ironic.

And, with all that Canon/Nikon rivalry fought out in some forae, I see that video as work of irony too.

Whether those cameras and lenses should have served a better purpose...? Still to be discussed...

wiltw · Jul 17, 2016

The test was indeed a waste, he could have applied increasing amounts of force to determine which had better resistance to crush

AgX · Jul 17, 2016

Would that necessarily have reflected real-life strain?

Pushing a camera from a table on hard floor repeatedly until function or alignment are affected seems more appropriate to me, but needs more samples to minimize effect of coincidence.

If one however does such rather static force tests, the strain points must be well chosen and be several of them, to reflect real life accidents (as that table fall). And static tests do not reflect inner damage by inertia, as encountered in a fall.

gone · Jul 17, 2016

I notice he didn't test a Leica :]

cooltouch · Jul 17, 2016

OK, I'll admit it. I can never watch just one YouTube video. And if you would have done as I did and watch a few more of their videos, you realize this is their schtick. They look for uncommon things to crush with that hydraulic press and then crush them. Things like diamonds and ball bearings. CO2 fire extinguishers. Crystal balls. Hand grenades. Apparently they have nothing better to do with their time -- or their money.

Jeff Bradford · Jul 17, 2016

cooltouch said:
Apparently they have nothing better to do with their time -- or their money.

Or their hydraulic press...

Slixtiesix · Jul 18, 2016

I was not very fond of it either. Smashing two completely usable cameras is such a waste, especially if they have some collector´s value.

Theo Sulphate · Jul 18, 2016

AgX said:
Would that necessarily have reflected real-life strain?

Pushing a camera from a table on hard floor repeatedly until function or alignment are affected seems more appropriate to me, but needs more samples to minimize effect of coincidence.

If one however does such rather static force tests, the strain points must be well chosen and be several of them, to reflect real life accidents (as that table fall). And static tests do not reflect inner damage by inertia, as encountered in a fall.

The proper and necessary tests have already been performed: in the arena of professional photographers in real life over many decades.

The conclusion, I believe, is that both systems are essentially equal. I believe there are a few other marques that are equally rugged.

blockend · Jul 18, 2016

benjiboy · Jul 18, 2016

momus said:
I notice he didn't test a Leica :]

The outcome with a Leica wouldn't be significantly different under a hydraulic press, no camera would withstand the pressure.

Mathew Tom · Jul 18, 2016

I think Canon is better than Nikon with its performance. I used both and i think canon is better with my experience.

benjiboy · Jul 18, 2016

Which brand is "better" like any tool depends on the skills of the operator, talented photographers can make wonderful pictures with cheap equipment.

Jim Jones · Jul 18, 2016

Benjiboy is right. Talented photographers have been making fine photographs for 177 years, often with primitive equipment. Untalented photographers can at least make videos of themselves crushing their gear.

gone · Jul 18, 2016

Regarding the Leica jibe:

Wikipedia definition: Sarcasm is "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark....."

Actually, the result would have been far different if he had crushed a Leica. Some people would have been so incensed they would have been after his head. Unless it would have been one of those digital M9 Leicas. I would have paid to see that.

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