Nikon finally gets a 24mm f/1.4

[Jon Ruyle]

But who cares about that. With canon, you can turn NR off completely and use dedicated software later.

Not quite. The problem is not of post-reduction noise, but read noise and native noise that is slightly greater in Canon cameras. It is about the quality of the information captured in the first place.

Somehow I thought you meant "better noise reduction" even though you said "better noise control." I agree of course that post processing cannot completely make up for this difference.

Canon was the first--and I believe remains the only--camera company to develop and manufacture production-quality crystalline fluorite optical elements.

Do you know if there is a difference between the synthetic fluorite Canon uses and the natural fluorite Nikon and others use? (Fluorite is fluorite... almost: there is more than one isomer, IIRC. Also, they may contain different impurities, though I don't know how much that matters)

[Grant Tobin]

Canon can afford to dabble a bit. That's how we saw marvelously strange offerings like the EF 50/1.0L USM, for example. IIRC Nikon was in some trouble some years ago.
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The 50/1.0L is marvelous, but I've yet to see a canon 300/2.0.
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/telephotos/300mmedif20/index.htm


Granted, it'd be crazily expensive, but imagine the possibilities for poorly lit sports games.