You are just making stuff up. If we are going off of list... The Nikon body alone is $3000 - available online for about $2300. The canon isn't out yet but it's list is $2700 - so we can assume after a similar span that it will be available through the same channels for about $2100 or less depending on margins and things we can't know anything about.
The canon battery is not for sale yet. The only listing I could find was to a Brooklyn scam artist bait and switch site - TV Depot... and it was less than HALF of your $200 price. At $100 your math breaks down and your already flimsy point doesn't make any sense.
Don't be a tool, the 5d2 is a capable camera with many superb features. Compare the ISO 6400 performance of a 5d2 and a 40d and see if you think they are the same... if you do your ability to judge image quality is compromised because YOUR BLIND.
Really, manual pages.... you are comparing the number of manual pages.... who is going to read a 450+ page manual? This is hilarious in every way.
Wow. Considering they are already selling on-line for $99 and will no doubt drop in price, combined with the fact that they have better battery management features and much higher capacity than the Nikon EN-EL3e, you sir are hereby declared a FANBOI!
Plus the 5D Mark II has a lower list price and it's street price will no doubt drop just like the D700 did, in a matter of a month or two you will be able to get either camera with 3 batteries for about the same price. You don't think these companies are just going to sit back and watch the other win, right?
Wow! You're a real stud. Please tell me why the size of my manual is important? News to me that having the option to read a 472 page manual is considered a feature. Since I've never seen the Nikon manual I hope it's not because they decided to put all the languages in one book where as Canon separates them.
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5D2 = bulkier 40D + Video + FF sensor + 21mp + IR detector + way less FPS. That’s it! 40D does ISO 6400 too! Higher ISO is useless. 5D2 is more expensive than the D700 thanks to $200 batteries! Nikon charges $40 for Nikon EN-EL3e (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/409071-REG/Nikon_25334_EN_EL3e_Rechargeable_Lithium_Ion_Battery.html)
5D2 + 3 batteries + tax = $3840 (ripoff!)
D700 + 3 batteries + tax = $2904
Buy Nikon, save $$, get more features.
D700 manual is 472 pages, 5D2 manual is less than half of that. Pay more for Canon, get less than half as much as Nikon.
You are just making stuff up. If we are going off of list... The Nikon body alone is $3000 - available online for about $2300. The canon isn't out yet but it's list is $2700 - so we can assume after a similar span that it will be available through the same channels for about $2100 or less depending on margins and things we can't know anything about.
The canon battery is not for sale yet. The only listing I could find was to a Brooklyn scam artist bait and switch site - TV Depot... and it was less than HALF of your $200 price. At $100 your math breaks down and your already flimsy point doesn't make any sense.
Don't be a tool, the 5d2 is a capable camera with many superb features. Compare the ISO 6400 performance of a 5d2 and a 40d and see if you think they are the same... if you do your ability to judge image quality is compromised because YOUR BLIND.
Really, manual pages.... you are comparing the number of manual pages.... who is going to read a 450+ page manual? This is hilarious in every way.
Wow. Considering they are already selling on-line for $99 and will no doubt drop in price, combined with the fact that they have better battery management features and much higher capacity than the Nikon EN-EL3e, you sir are hereby declared a FANBOI!
Plus the 5D Mark II has a lower list price and it's street price will no doubt drop just like the D700 did, in a matter of a month or two you will be able to get either camera with 3 batteries for about the same price. You don't think these companies are just going to sit back and watch the other win, right?
Oops! KJ already covered it for me. Sorry to step in, your comment posted between when I wrote mine and when I confirmed it. Well done, sir :)
Wow! You're a real stud. Please tell me why the size of my manual is important? News to me that having the option to read a 472 page manual is considered a feature. Since I've never seen the Nikon manual I hope it's not because they decided to put all the languages in one book where as Canon separates them.
Anyway, you're a pretty unfortunate individual after looking at your post history.
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