via Mashable
No no, I’m not entering the religion fight between the Canon and Nikon fans ;-) As you may know, I’m a happy Canon user for years now, and with the time, you get used to the interface of Canon or Nikon cameras and, if you have some good expensive lenses, you are so or so stuck with one or the other.
There are for sure some detailed differences between both brands, but generally speaking, both have very happy users since years…
What I haven’t realized, on the other hand, is the difference of size between both companies. Actually, Canon is much bigger than Nikon and is selling 4x more DSLR than Nikon! That was not clear for me, always had the impression that both are more or less of equal size…
Nikon | Canon | |
Founded in | 1910 | 1937 |
Number of employees | ~ 26’000 | ~ 197’000 |
Revenues on cameras 2008 2010 |
4.8 bn EUR 4.8 bn EUR |
12.1 bn EUR 11.5 bn EUR |
Revenues on DSLR 2008 2010 |
2.1 bn EUR 1.9 bn EUR |
7.9 bn EUR 8.1 bn EUR |