I've shot with my sister's Nikon D700. She co-owns a small pro photography company on the side, she and 2 of her girls stayed over a few times they showed me their gear bags. They had all nikon, even a couple D3s with really nice lenses, probably 20k+ in each bag. She said many start with canon as they are easier to learn, and give warmer pictures. Eventually, everyone switches over to nikon as they give truer colors and are more robust. Im not fully sure what that means, but Ive heard that several times from pros. I also have several friends that have 20k+ of canon and wont switch for the same reason as you, and the reverse for some nikon owners I know.
When I did biotech research I used some really high end cameras, and they were all nikon or leica. Of course I didnt know the ins and outs, and got professional help, but some of the leica setups cost over 50k+ from what I was told. No canon to be found in that range.
I am learning on a canon 7D, reading up and about to take a class. My kids are growing up fast and I want to take some good photos. I'm getting bored with reefing, and want to get really good at photography.
I always ask people what camera they prefer and pros give me different types of answers than hobbiest. Some people get really passionate. But those high end cams exist for a reason. Im dying to get to that level.
That is true, nikons do give a more "true" color than that of canons, but for most people who never let the camera leave full auto they dont mind. Nikon pretty much own the market for extremely high end DSLR i mean look at who uses them, Disney, the OC register, and EVEN NASA! Canon went for a more consumer route with consumer level cameras and printers. But then again go to a pro Football game and on the sidelines youll see double the amount of canon gear then nikon. lol
My camera bag that I carry around has tons of $ wrapped up in in, several leica lens, my leica m body, my canon, all my L glass lenses.
I really stick with my leica set up for just about everything. I love it because you no longer have to worry about a 1000 different modes and making sure you pushed the right button, but rather it breaks it down to basically 3 modes, aperture priority, speed priority, and full manual. And the best part is you have complete control of everything 100% of the time. ( sometime I do wish that it had a auto focus ability, but owell)
I guess the small differences such as warmer tones and true color isnt really that big of a deal to me. im aware of its presence but I based my decisions off of other things. It would also depend on the type of work you do, whether it was portraiture, or architectural, or street and what not, but I have come to like my canon and it has done wonders, its been all over with me, through Europe and all over here in the US. For what i need it to do, my canon does a great job!