After going shooting with Ricky and his Canon 30D in Central Park, I am torn in my decision of usability, brand, and gadget philosophy. My goal is to figure out and decide which brand (Canon or Nikon) is most like Apple and which I can put my trust in. I have found good reasons for why Canon is more like Apple, but as I continue to think, I have also found good reasons for why Nikon is more like Apple. I guess figuring out the more Apple-esque brand is just my way of rationalizing my intuition's decision.
Basically, I have gotten too used to the functionality of my Nikon D40, and when I tried holding and shooting with the Canon 30D, it was extremely awkward to use, and doing the most rudimentary operations seemed to take additional steps than on the D40. This might be a simple thing of getting used to, but I am unsure.
I am surprised to find myself lean toward Nikon's system of doing things now.
[C]: Very pretty and has a huge amount of support from many Canon DSLR-using friends.
[N]: More exterior buttons and less pretty, but it is extremely usable. It has a smaller market share than that of Canon. (But then again, so does Apple.) Nikon users, I find, are more "weird" than Canon users. (But then again, so was Apple back in the day.) Nikon focuses primarily on optics and cameras, while Canon does printers, scanners, calculators, etc. (Apple was always a computer-focused company, though it has just recently expanded to music and phones.)
