why did you choose nikon over canon or other dslr brands?

Honestly, it was because I already had a lens. Another photographer had given me a Nikon mount lens, so I started saving up my money for a DSLR. Fuji DSLRs also use the same mount as Nikon, so I looked at the different Nikon and Fuji models available and thought Nikon was better. So I went ahead and bought a Nikon D70. Since then I've bought a second Nikon DSLR- a Nikon D300. And I'm hoping to get a third Nikon DSLR this month! I just live Nikon cameras. All of my friends and family members that are photographers all shoot with Nikons.

I didn't: I chose Canon over Nikon; and recently, my wife tried out a number of DSLRs, including Nikon and Canon, and settled on a Sony Alpha 700! I reckon the Nikon D300 and D3 are the current "best" cameras in their class, but they are not SO MUCH better that they justify changing brands or paying the premium over the competition; if I was starting from scratch today, I would probably buy one: but I have been around long enough to know that today's best is tomorrow's 'also ran'. The competition is so hard and intense that even the 3rd and 4th place getters are incredibly good. What Cartier-Bresson used to achieve his master pieces would be considered a toy in today's market... which only goes to show that the camera is secondary to the photographer. Nikon is a very fine brand, but we have been discussing just the top dslrs in each group: compare the D60 with the 450D or the D90 with the 50D and you would want a Canon (in fact, dollar for dollar, and feature for feature, the 50D will suit many people better than the D300). It is really only at the extremes that you will see differences in the final images, and does it really matter that the D50 will outshoot the D300 by 1/2 frame per second, or that images shot at 3200ISO look a bit cleaner on the Nikon? How many pictures are shot under those conditions? Sure, the screen on the 50D is a bit better than the Nikon, and the Nikon can push up to 8fps if you invest another $300 in a battery grip... are those the best reasons for choosing one over the other? Probably not, but when people compare individual cameras, these rather academic considerations come up a lot. It is a bit like arguing Linux vs Windows, or Apple versus Microsoft. People get attached to brands and forget why they got the camera in the first place. I just had a look at a years worth of competition winners on betterphoto.com. Three out of 5 winners used Canon cameras, half of the rest used Nikons, the others were divided between lots of brands. But what is more telling is that you had to read the details to find out which camera any one photographer used. the photos taken by different photographers with different types of camera from different manufacturers were all equally beautiful, dramatic, inventive. Choose the camera that suits your style, fits your hand, works the way you think, is laid out in what seems a logical way to you. Make sure you can get it serviced (not that you are likely to need service...cameras are pretty robust) locally. The brand is a secondary issue.

I like the Nikon menus and layout of the buttons better than the Canon. Plus I've always had good luck with Nikon cameras taking excellent photos. But with the Canon cameras, I've mostly had good luck but some of the automatic features do not suite my tastes.

i've got nikon from 5 months and i actually love it!!! it has great colours and a good flash!!!;)

i personally don't think that a Nikon is better than a Canon, or vice versa. i just have a preference for Nikons..thats all