Canon or Nikon? Which is best for portrait and wedding photography and why?

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If you are careful about taking your lenses off in areas of blowing dust you will still not have to have the sensor cleaned very often, I would still say get eh D3X and keep the D300 as a backup you will do great with that

Here is the benchmark comparison on sensor RAW data from DXO for the D300, D3 and Canon 1Ds Mark III they do not have the D3X on here yet but it will have better marks than the D3

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/eng/Image-Quality-Database/Compare-cameras/(appareil1)/262%7C0/(appareil2)/209%7C0/(appareil3)/192%7C0/(onglet)/0/(brand)/Nikon/(brand2)/Nikon/(brand3)/Canon

Canon and Nikon both make good cameras and lenses so alot of it is personal preference but remember the controls on the D3X will be very similar to your D300 so there will not be a large learning curve
 
Ok, I am going to re-post this question and provide more detail because I am not really getting the answer I was looking for:

I am fairly new to photography and want to focus on portraits and wedding photography. I am about to go to work for a pro photographer and he will let me use my own equipment. I currently have a Nikon D300 and am about to invest lots more in equipment but want to go the right way now. I have had numerous people (in classes mostly) tell me I should use Canon's instead of Nikon. What's the general consensus?

I am a little disappointed that Nikon didn't include the cleaning sensor on the D3 and Dx3. How important is that? I noticed Canon has that on the major cameras. I am looking at and trying to compare the Nikon Dx3 and the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. I will either keep my D300 as a back-up or sell it and purchase a Canon EOS 1D Mark III as a backup. I know that Canon offers a ton more lens options than Nikon as well but I know that the lenses Nikon does have are fantastic. How does Canon lenses compare too?

Thanks to everyone that responded to the first question!
 
Seriously. Either one will be fine. I've done many weddings and I'd never pay the $$$$ your talking about for a camera.

If you don't believe me. Take it from another professional

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/pro-camera.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/what-is-a-pro.htm
 
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