Who is stronger, Canon or Leica? I hope I can answer before 2014-01-1108-01.

Before 1980s, Leica was much better than Canon. Since Canon was founded, Leica has been the target for a long time (1930s-1970s). After the 1980s, as Japanese electronic technology gradually became a global leader, Canon also turned from a sideline to a more automatic SLR camera, thus becoming one of the world's leading photographers.

The comparison between Canon and Leica is usually difficult, because they are in different positions and products, just like comparing Ferrari and Hummer (Ford) together, which is meaningless and has different uses. Leica is an extreme brand, which attaches great importance to the humanistic perspective, that is, within the range of 1~5 meters, it is very suitable to put Leica in the position of the emperor in the photography industry, while Leica is very general outside this range. Canon is relatively average, especially telephoto lens and long-distance photography, which is why entertainment journalists, sports journalists and war correspondents like Canon (Nikon is similar to Canon), while humanistic photographers like Leica very much.

Off-topic, during World War II, almost all war photographers from all over the world used Leica. In addition to Leica's superior performance, it is said that normal use is not bad, and it is also related to the original war mode. Large-scale corps operations need to use wide-angle lenses. In the present war, the battle has already begun before the enemy is seen. A dozen American soldiers can control a small town, so the demand for telephoto lenses in battlefield photography is getting stronger and stronger, which also urges Leica to quit the field of journalists' cameras and give way to Canon and Nikon. So do sports, news and entertainment journalists.

Because of the above differences, Leica pays great attention to the details within 1~5 meters and the photographer's expression of the subject. In this field, automation is often not the focus, and more manual work and ideas are needed. If Leica's 35-focus lens is the first in the world, no one should have any opinions. Therefore, photographers who use Leica must understand all kinds of exposure and metering principles, and even practice the skills of human flesh metering and human flesh ranging, often in order to capture pictures. Turning to Canon is another idea, that is, shooting accurately and quickly can quickly grasp the moment when things happen. Therefore, Canon's automation is very high, and the optics of the medium and long-focus lenses are very good, leaving photographers more time to choose what to shoot.

If we insist on competition, Canon is much stronger than Leica in terms of enterprise scale, profitability and camera R&D capability, but as mentioned above, Leica's position in the range of 1-5 meters is difficult to challenge. In human photography, Canon is inferior to Leica in optics, lens manufacturing and camera design. The Ferrari example above is very vivid. Ford can make Hummers and cars as good as Ferrari, but it is difficult to replace Ferrari in the field of speed. However, Ferrari can't produce Hummers. There are winners and losers between emperors with comprehensive strength and emperors in a single field.