Quote Originally Posted by bburns223
If you watch a professional football, baseball or soccer game on TV you will notice there is a sea of white lenses on the sideline, and then maybe one or two Nikons (if that).

That used to be true, but I think it changed when Canon had all the autofocus problems with the 1D Mark III and Nikon came out with the excellent D3. Now it seems like half and half.


Quote Originally Posted by bburns223
This popularity with professionals is largely due to the color change.

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that other features of the lens and camera system are what do it. Canon had a much better line of image stabilized supertelephoto lenses for a long time, I think that was a big factor. When digital came along, their 1D series was better than everything Nikon had, especially in the low light needed for sports. Until the D3 came along, at least.