Canon for Professionals :: 5D Mark II + Whatever Else Comes Next

To broaden and narrow the focus on this discussion for Canon users in particular. Broaden to include business related information and other upcoming Canon models, as well as lenses, etc. Narrow to at least help reduce discussion with no particular meaning or relativity whatsoever. :-)
Linda

I've never subscribed to a blind brand loyalty position, Linda - freedom of choice is a fact and if it wasn't for the competition between camera manufacturers caused by that freedom, we'd probably still be discussing the benefits of film over digital.
 
 Canons are world class pro cameras, as are Nikons. Anyone who gets on a soapbox and derides one over the other as a matter of general fact is kidding themselves. Sometimes one might be ahead of the other in some features, but the position invariably swaps frequently and the differences in real world use are never really that great. Test charts can be awfully misleading and are often all but irrelevant to actual results.
 
 Like those who express superiority as owners of Macs over PCs (or vice versa), claiming brand superiority is mostly unfounded hot air and perhaps involves more than a little self-justification over the amount of money that's been spent. Why should anyone really care what brand is painted on the front, anyway, so long as their tools do the job required of them, and more importantly, the job that's expected of them?
 
 Speaking of expectations, I've just found a weak spot in the much advertised robustness if the D3. The camera will be on the way to Nikon for repair after next weekend's wedding, but this damage to the bottom info LCD happened
 i in the backpack, in its own padded compartment.
 
 I'm hoping that Nikon goes easy on billing me, because it was they who advertised the robustness of the thing in the first place. Not that I was careless, but obviously I'll be re-arranging the bag so there is absolutely no chance of any pressure bearing there again. It means travelling with no lens attached, which doesn't thrill me as I doubt a body cap will be as effective a dust seal as an attached lens.
 
 
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I have a client, which is doing professional gardening photography for various magazines in this topic. Her business ranges from magazine reports about individual gardens to delivering single images to different publishers as requested (for example by flower type, color etc.). The main thing is that her image portfolio isn't organized so much in individual shoots or contracts. An image can be sent to many publishers at any time. She needs to kepp track of this. She needs to know, which image has been published when and where.
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Actually, we haven't ruled out keywords yet, in fact, at the moment it seems to be the only realistic possibility. However, I wonder if a growing keyword hierarchy can become unwieldy at the end, so I am sceptical, if this idea would deliver.
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Unfortunately, I do not see Lightroom going much into this direction. Probably this is already too late for the version 3 release, due in 2010 (?), so we need to wait until v4 (in 2012 ?) until the situation improves?
I believe many customers (especially professionals with precious time) need a fully integrated system, which can do image management and image adjustment at the same time. Lightroom is the right platform for it, if Adobe let it be.
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Thomas

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