Canon beats Nikon in accidental damage tests

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As with the rivalry between Windows and Mac users as to which operating system is the best, a similar tribal war has raged between photographers as to whether Nikon or Canon rules the SLR and DSLR roost.

Canon and Nikon cameras have always been very evenly matched and have inspired huge loyalty from their respective users.

Now SquareTrade has waded into the rivalry between the two iconic companies' offerings. Cameras from both brands were subjected to a drop test to assess their resilience to damage.

The insurance company, famous for testing smartphones and tablets to destruction in order to give them an accidental damage rating – and of course draw attention to the need to insure them – has decided to subject cameras to the same treatment for the first time, dropping a Canon EOS Rebel T5i and a Nikon D500 from a height of 1.2m to assess the damage.

As one would expect, the result was that the detachable lenses of both cameras were destroyed but, with new lenses attached, both cameras continued to function without any signs of internal damage.

So far, so even.

However, while the body of the Nikon camera sustained noticeable damage, the Canon came out of the drop test with its body unscathed, which, when added to the results of the other tests, led Square Trade to proclaim it the most resilient to accidental damage.