
[I bring my 3rd party lenses with me when I want to travel light]
Many people I know are very loyal to the brand. The two biggest groups, no surprise, are Canon and Nikon. Many people in Taiwan are crazy about Fuji and Olympus. More and more people also join Sony troop these days.
You might have known by now that the photo gears that cost the most are lenses. Generally speaking, each camera should use lenses from the same brand. Take Canon and Nikon as examples, they use different kinds of mounts so their lenses can not be exchanged. But there are some companies who only make lenses for these name brand cameras. Lenses from these companies are called "third party" lenses. The biggest third party lens brands are: Sigma,
Tamron, and
Tokina.