Thom Hogan has an interesting analysis about the state of where the DLSRs from Nikon and Canon stand vis-à-vis each other in the different categories. We have simply tabulated them below for your convenience.
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NIKON vs. CANON
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Nikon
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Canon
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PRO
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Pixel |
D3X
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1Ds
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| Speed |
D3s
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1DIV
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PROSUMER
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High |
D700 (ISO)
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5DII (MP, Video)
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7D
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D300s
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CONSUMER
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High |
D90
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50D
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| Middle |
D5000
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| Low-End |
T2i
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D3000
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According to Thom, Nikon still rules the PRO category; Nikon and Canon share the High PROSUMER categoy; Canon, the PROSUMER category; Nikon, the High and Mid CONSUMER category; Canon, the Low-end CONSUMER category.
You have to read the whole article to make sense of the table.
Read the article and analysis at: byThom [You may need to search for: Where Do We Really Stand? May 21 (commentary)].
And while Canon and Nikon battle it out in the DSLR arena, a more or less quiet revolution is taking place with mirrorless DSLRs that may well threaten to make the traditional DSLR (and this whole battle) irrelevant.
