I realize I’ve kind of been bashing the 5D a bit lately (here and here). I also realize that allot of people use the 5D and are very happy with it, and I do appreciate that. I am just giving my opinions, which you should take as such, and that pretty much goes for everything you read on the internet. For me though, this is just how I’ve found my experience to be. Yours may be different. It’s also easy to get bogged down in the technicalities of one camera system or another.
The way I look at it is like this. At the end of the day you want a camera to be invisible. You dont want to have to think about it. You want to be able to fluidly express your vision without this piece of technology getting in the way. It’s a balance and for everyone that balance is different. If the symmetry between you and the camera is off, if that balance between camera and photographer isn’t quite right it can affect your creativity and your motivation. But everyone is different and what works for some might not work for others.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is that you need to find what works best for you. A camera is so much more than a sensor and wires. What matters at the end of the day is taking the picture. All the megapixels in the world don’t matter if you don’t get the shot and if the way the camera works for you helps you get that shot then so much the better.
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After reading your posts comparing the two cameras it seemed to me that you were looking at factors in two main groups. The first was technical performance of the camera and the second was ergomics and control layout.
I agree completly that if the control layout or ergomics of A Nikon or a Sony or a Pentax or any other company work better for you than the canon then you should probably use one of those camers. Different people will have different needs and wants and thankfully we have several companie to chose from.
As for the technical comparisions, focus ability, color accuracy and screen quality, it seems a somewhat apples to oranges situation when comparing a relatively new camers from Nikon to a model several years old by Canon. I would love to read your thoughts on the focusing and screen and color accuracy of a Mark II compared to the D90. Nikon might when here, but it would be a more equal comparision.
I was watching a magnum photography documentary and it was either erwitt or bresson that said the camera simply confirms what your eye sees – nice line