Nikon large aperture lenses
One of my reasons for buying a higher end DSLR was the ability to do great low light photography, especially inside my house in the morning or evening - without the need for a flash. And one of my biggest disappointments since picking a Nikon D300 was the lack of fast (or large aperture) lenses from Nikon. In general, the Nikon branded lenses work much better with a Nikon body than after market lenses (there are lots of stories about problems with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, for example). Yet if you want a lens that is faster than f/2.8 on your Nikon, the selection is really limited.
You can get the 50mm f/1.4D, the 50mm f/1.8D and the 35mm f/2.0D lens. And that’s it.
Compare that to more than a dozen Canon lenses from 24mm to 200mm with f/2.0 or better. Nikon, please wake up and give us better lenses!
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Another option to consider.
I have been reading that people get pretty good results from getting an adaptor for other lenses. There is a plethora of manual-focus and pre-DSLR lenses floating out there at photo flea markets and the like, and adaptors are plentiful on ebay. It might be a good stop gap before Nikon gets the product out there that you want.
Did some googling on this one… turns out there is an adapter for Nikon lenses on Canon bodies, but not the other way around. This appears to be related to a) the size of the lens mount (the Canon lens mount is slightly larger than the Nikon one) but also the required distance from ‘end of lens’ to ’sensor’ - even if you could physically fit a Canon lens on a Nikon body, you’d lose the ability to focus to infinity.
I have read before that Canon bodies are more accepting of other mfg’s lenses, and Nikon’s are less so. Sorry about that.
You could always invest in the new Canon 5D Mark 2. Takes fantastic movies like http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/10/10/without-further-ado-reverie/ which is worth a view even if you don’t aspire to own the camera