Nikon buys Canon

[PiRho]

OK folks I know this is not what we all wanted to hear but...

I heard that Nikon was doing a buyout of Canon inc. !!! this is HUGE News! no wonder Nikon appeared to be gaining in the market. they were using canon tech.... oh wait that doesn't make sense...


well you heard it hear first... or second.

here are my sources: check them out for yourself! :)

I had an older gentleman go out of his way to come over near me where he could ask what I was shooting...

Him - "So, What you shootin' ?"
Me - "A Canon 20D with a Sigma 70-200 2.8"
Him - "Pretty nice. I have that lens for my camera."
Me - "Yes, it is a nice lens... So, what do you shoot."
Him - "You know, I heard that Nikon is buying Canon"
Me - "So you must shoot a Nikon."
Him - "Yeah..."
Me - "That's ok, my Father is a Nikonian, no hard feelings..."
Him - (Laughing) "I'll let you get back to work."
Me - "Have a nice day!"
Him - "You too."

Its on the internet now, it must be true.

:lol:

[TheHoff]

Yea, check the market caps and then reverse the prediction...

[PiRho]

Yea, check the market caps and then reverse the prediction...


LOL yeah well... nobody said it had to make sense to be a rumor... LOL but you do have a good point on that... hmmmm. maybe the rumor is to make people not suspect that the opposite is about to take place :GASP!: now that is conspiritorial!

[M5Man]

its a rumor..... :(

What do you get when you cross a Canon with a Nikon ?

Canikion ? :confused:

[gabrioladude]

its a rumor..... :(

What do you get when you cross a Canon with a Nikon ?

Canikion ? :confused:


us Canucks in Canada
resemble that remark...

I mean resent that remark...

[danielyamseng]

I'd believe if Microsoft'd buy over Canon and then use windows XP for all of the camera

[Anke]

I'd believe if Microsoft'd buy over Canon and then use windows XP for all of the camera

Eh?! :confused:

[lukeap69]

can we install windows xp then? :)

[ukactionsports]

can we install windows xp then? :)

Then all we'd get it the dreaded blue screen of death. Now if Apple bought Canon, that would be good!

iPhone interface on an EOS body! Who wants to start that rumor!? :rolleyes:

[DDCSD]

Then all we'd get it the dreaded blue screen of death. Now if Apple bought Canon, that would be good!

iPhone interface on an EOS body! Who wants to start that rumor!? :rolleyes:

I'd never be able to afford a new Canon camera if that happened. :cry:

[PiRho]

I'd never be able to afford a new Canon camera if that happened. :cry:

hahaha yeah... tell me about it :rolleyes:

[FlyingPhotog]

can we install windows xp then? :)

You mean like this?

[lukeap69]

holy cow!!!

how long does that thing booth before you can actually use it? :lol:

You mean like this?

[smorter]

I think it's the blue screen of death :D

[zeva]

HAHA thats what i saw also! BSOD!!!

[denMAR]

No, everyone is wrong. In fact Apple is going to buy out Canon, and they're going to use OS software with itunes and photobooth only. I know I've wanted the swirl effect in camera for years. Should flip the photography industry over on its head, more so than the digital revolution ;)

[zeva]

Wow... If apple bought canon i would seriously go nikon... >.>

[Jimconnerphoto]

they could combine the names
CANON | NIKON
CAN | ON
then they would be "CANON"
Maybe google will buy them then you could find the local Starbucks with your Canon 3D MKIII.
And all of your images would immediately be available to download for free...

[Patrick-70]

why not : Canikon ?

[Jimconnerphoto]

because I would have to buy a new camera strap

[Simon Turkin]

If microsoft bought canon everyone would get the red ring of death

[Vndcatr]

If microsoft bought canon everyone would get the red ring of death
:lol::lol: thats the truth

[PiRho]

If microsoft bought canon everyone would get the red ring of death

on one hand: that was covered in post 12 by the FlyingPhotog.
on the other... har-har-har ho-ho-ho. if ANY of your lenses develop a 'Red Ring' then I'll pay shipping for you to send them to me to be... uhhmmm... properly disposed of!

[Kruzkal]

If Apple acquires Canon all the new range of SLRs will be white, glossy, with a single dial control, HD LCD, heaphones, and called iShoot.

On the other hand if Apple acquires Nikon it will simply be called iWank.

[nik.hisham]

If Apple acquires Canon all the new range of SLRs will be white, glossy, with a single dial control, HD LCD, heaphones, and called iShoot.

On the other hand if Apple acquires Nikon it will simply be called iWank.

roflmao!

[PiRho]

If Apple acquires Canon all the new range of SLRs will be white, glossy, with a single dial control, HD LCD, heaphones, and called iShoot.

On the other hand if Apple acquires Nikon it will simply be called iWank.

ROTFLOL! wow I just woke my wife up by laughing at this one! LOL bw!

[neilwood32]

If Apple acquires Canon all the new range of SLRs will be white, glossy, with a single dial control, HD LCD, heaphones, and called iShoot.

On the other hand if Apple acquires Nikon it will simply be called iWank.

So if you happen to use both then you can iwank and ishoot shortly after?:lol::lol::lol:

[DDCSD]

On the other hand if Apple acquires Nikon it will simply be called iWank.


Can you imagine how snobbish iWank owners would be! :p

[digirebelva]

us Canucks in Canada
resemble that remark...

I mean resent that remark...

EH ! lol

[Bluefox]

How about Kwanon.:D
Actually Canons first camera, had a Nikon lens!;)

"Release of "Hansa Canon (Standard Model)," the First Canon Camera

In spite of the intensive trial and efforts made to commercialize the "Kwanon" camera, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory still had no prospects to procure lenses and rangefinders, essential components of a camera. After agonizing deliberations, the laboratory decided to elicit cooperation from Nippon Kogaku Kogyo (Japan Optical Industries, Inc., the predecessor of Nikon Corporation) to use their Nikkor lens." This is from the Canon website.

[kidfiji]

If Apple acquires Canon all the new range of SLRs will be white, glossy, with a single dial control, HD LCD, heaphones, and called iShoot.

if the camera's going to be white, what are they going to turn the white L's into?

[yuriyo923]

Everyone is reading this wrong... Nikon employees buy Canon products!!!! :)

[PiRho]

Everyone is reading this wrong... Nikon employees buy Canon products!!!! :)


now there is a good interpretation! LOL nobody should be surprised though! there are a lot of people who buy the products of their competitor because they know how bad their own product is! :oops: that is why many companies offer 'employee discounts' so that their employees will buy the product...


oh and just for the record... I do support the company that I work for! because I feel they have an excellent product!

[danielyamseng]

Canon is a lot larger than Nikon.How could that be?

[cdifoto]

there are a lot of people who buy the products of their competitor because they know how bad their own product is!
Yeah I mean it's not like you see all Wienermobiles parked outside the Oscar Mayer plants.

[yuriyo923]

Canon is a lot larger than Nikon.How could that be?


hm.... Obama made it happen... it's supposed to stimulate the economy!! :)