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What website out there is good for comparing Nikon vs canon specifically in regard to lens’s and pricing?
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There's really nothing out there to reliably show you pricing. If you use Pricegrabber, for example, you'll miss out on comparing all the major camera stores like
B&H,
Adorama,
OneCall and Calumet. But you'll also miss out on the well-priced regional stores like Canoga, Central Camera, Arlington Camera and some others. It's best to go to each store, and compare what they have.
And I didn't even mention the local B&M stores like Best Buy, office stores, and other regional electronics stores.
At best, you can learn the MSRP, and then visit a store like
B&H, to get a handle on the approximate budget.
NOTE --- Remember that this site has affiliates with some stores, so use our links when you browse and shop!
See
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/show...-com-1528.html
Thanks!
As far as comparing lenses, I'm not readily aware of a site that compares all the lenses. The popular photo review site
http://www.dpreview.com has lens reviews in addition to camera reviews, but it's far from complete. See it at
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/#manuf
In addition to that, dpreview tends to worship numbers more than anything else. Ken Rockwell refers to this phenomena as "measurebating" -- a pretty darn accurate term! Like a number of other publications (About.com, PC World and some others comes to mind), they give a few fluffy positives, no substantial negatives, and then throw a chart of numbers at you. What you learn from these is a big fat nothing.
Your best avenue for research is to ask knowledgeable photographers --
TRUE photographers, not just a buddy that owns a camera !!! -- and then ask some questions at a pro camera store. Not Best Buy, but a camera store. In your particular case, go to Arlington Camera in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
I know quite a bit about cameras, so ask those questions here.
I have lens caps that cost more than some people's cameras.