What's the main difference between a Nikon and a Canon?

What's the main difference between a Nikon and a Canon?

Added (1). Thanks, I haven't noticed they had different names.d;
I meant the quality or the performance. Does Nikon have something that Canon doesn't? Which performs better? Are Canons more for portraits? Etcetc.

The name

Here are the two links to the Nikon and Canon websites and see for yourself.

http://www.nikonusa.com/...index.page

http://www.usa.canon.com/...lr_cameras

There are a couple of minor differences at this time

Only Nikon has a small camera that uses interchangeable lenses (Nikon 1 series)
Only Nikon has dSLR's that can shoot uncompressed video (Nikon D800 and D4)
Most of Nikon dSLR cameras sensors perform better in low light when compared type to type:

* Entry level to entry level
* Semi-pro to semi-pro
* Pro to Pro

They both have over 75 different lenses to choose from and each type camera cost about the same.

Between the two makers, they sell over 70% of all the dSLR camera.

Both are identical same

1. Both have 5 characters in their name
2. Both have 'ON' in their name.
3. Both brand colour is 'Yellow"
4. Both make lenses
5. Both make flash lights
6. Both are competitor

Not much, neither can touch a Pentax.

Sony are better for video.

The name
and if you please put a few camera models for example
then the features
if you please ask the question in the right way then you will get a right answer

Nikon cropped DSLRs (1.5x) have slightly larger sensors than do Canon cropped DSLRs (1.6x). Their full frame sensor DSLRs are the same size.

Canon also tends to tweak the colors and sharpening a bit more in their setup to make them a bit more vivid, while Nikon tends to leave things more neutral. This is perhaps done by Canon to make you think their cameras are better - I don't know. But you can tweak the settings in a Nikon to make it look the same if you wish - unnatural as it may be.

And Canon tends to change their lens mount periodically, so of the millions of lenses made by Canon, only a fraction of them will work on the newest cameras. Nikon on the other hand has seen fit to keep even the latest DSLR compatible with virtually 99.99% of the 65 million lenses made by Nikon in the last 50+ years.

Canon's lenses have built-in focus motors, while the older Nikon lenses (but some still made today) require the focus motor be in the camera body. However, most of the newer Nikon lenses also have built-in focus motors. This has caused some consternation among owners of Nikon's entry-level cameras as they will only autofocus with the newer lenses. Advanced and pro Nikon DSLRs will autofocus on both the new and old lenses.

This has resulted in some criticism by Canon users. However, the difference here is that Canon simply made all those older lenses obsolete, while Nikon retains compatibility - although you need to buy an advanced camera to get autofocus to work on some of those lenses.

While none of these differences are truly that significant, they are enough of a difference for many people to chose one brand over the other.

Very little!

Beware the Nkonites who tell you that Nikon has kept the same mount where Canon has changed theirs (just the once by the way not "periodically" - they changed from the FL/FD mount to the EF mount in the 1980's). The Nikon mount has stayed the same but just because you can mount a lens doesn't mean it will have full functionality! Nikon cameras are inconsistent when it comes to autofocus - some have a built in focus motor and some don't. This means that if you buy a low end Nikon DSLR you are limited to that small proportion of the lens range that has a built in autofocus motor. With Canon All lenses have a built in autofocus motor so on the entry level cameras you can use the top range lenses down to the bottom range lenses and retain full functionality.

So if you are buying an entry level DSLR then Canon is far less confusing when it comes to lens choice.

The reason why the two brands so competitive is because they are essentially the same. For portraits, sports, landscapes, they are essentially indistinguishable.

To this day, canon has better video, although nikon has made leaps and bounds to catchup.
Nikon is still arguably has better low light performance.

In the end, youre comparing apples to apples. They are both red and delicious. The differences i've mentioned above is only slightly noticeable under a very trained eye with the top of the line 4000 dollar cameras. D4 or 1dX