That makes sense, thanks. Either way I think it's fair to say they are equal systems. If Nikon was any better then Canon, all the sports photographers would ditch their gear and get Nikon, and vice versa with the press if Canon were better. But it makes sense, as you say, if people are just set in their ways, no point in changing.
I think EOS stands for electro-optical system though. I have some old film SLR, Canons with FD and FL style fittings, and various old Minolta, Nikon and Olympus film stuff, and they actually have mechanical linkages between the body and the lens. Whereas I think the EOS was the first just to have metal contacts and have the mechanics inside the lens, hence it was called electro-optical system, and would explain the speed you mentioned. I could well be wrong though, I know very little about SLR history.
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