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Ralph Conway wrote:
8 - 10 years ... ? I do not care about crop bodies. Concerning FF Nikon did not had a real competitor against 5D, 5D II, 5D III, 6D. First competing body was 600/610 and both are long behind 6D imo. D 700 was already a generation back, when introduced. Since three years there is D750 now competing with 5D III and 6D wich both came 2.5 years earlier. But product quality here (like with D800/810, D600/610) is again a no go compared to 5D II/III/IV and 6D. And 750 was even more expensive than 6D/6D II when introduced. Yes, Nikon fixed the price problem to make it a possible competitor against 6D. Future will show, if Canon can hold itīs quality standard with 6D II and if Nikon might be able to reach this standard. DR is not everything that makes a camera a great tool. Construction failures that cause permanent sensor dirt and shutter failures are less acceptable in my opinion than 1 or 1.5 stops less dynamic range at low ISO settings.
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You're doing a lot of referring to Nikon being "long behind", and "reach this standard", but I was talking purely about dynamic range at ISO 100. If for no reason other than the fact that this particular forum is heavily oriented at landscape photography, I think that of all places, it should be a worthwhile discussion HERE on FM.
As such, and even if you don't care about APS-C, my point still stands: Even the ~10 year old Nikon D3 has equal or better dynamic range than the 6Dmk2.
I'd rather not spend time discussing which camera actually "competes" with which, because I think doing so is pedantic at best, but suffice it to say that for the most part Nikon has offered more features in cheaper cameras than Canon, at any price range of full-frame. Especially for aspiring professionals who want dual card slots and/or flagship autofocus in an affordable body. But, I know everybody has their own personal priorities when buying a camera, so I won't go there.
I will say one last thing, though: for every engineering / quality control "epic fail" that you care to point out under Nikon's rug, ...I'll be happy to point out an equally bad one in Canon's closet. My favorite one? The *2005* Canon 5D mirror falling out due to "poor glue", ...which wasn't fully admitted / rectified until 10 years later in 2015. By that standard, Nikon was downright heroic for owning up to the D600's defect so quickly, and taking the problem so seriously that they delivered a whole new camera roughly 1 year later.
I don't want to make excuses for either company's closet skeletons, though; pretty much every mass-produced product these days could desperately use better QC, from cameras to microwaves.
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