He gets wordy with delicate subjects. He will also "tow the corporate line" past the point of credibility. Look at his written response to the criticism of no raw on the G7 (or whatever the current model name)
Could there be another 1.3 crop? Sure.But it's an orphan size that doesn't lend it self to a strategy of easily reusing older steppers for down market products.
so what did they do the last years ? nothing... I mean a 1.3X with 10MP and 10fps is a joke. I mean come on. At least they could have bumbed up the speed to 12fps or the MP to 12... perhaps even both. We speed shouldn't be a problem at all. The file size shouldn't be the problem either.... so WHAT ist the problem with Canon ....
Chris Hauser wrote:
so what did they do the last years ? nothing... I mean a 1.3X with 10MP and 10fps is a joke. I mean come on. At least they could have bumbed up the speed to 12fps or the MP to 12... perhaps even both. We speed shouldn't be a problem at all. The file size shouldn't be the problem either.... so WHAT ist the problem with Canon ....
Well of course you are SO right. And the results of it are there for all to see. Canon's decreasing sales--decreasing market share--they are jumping out of windows at Canon shouting 'Why didn't we listen to Chrissssssssss......' all the way to the ground, right?
Sorry...my brain isn't working well this morning yet. I read 12 MP, not fps. And no, 12 fps isn't needed...but I would think 12 MP is a reasonable upgrade at 8 fps.
Edited by Johnny Blood on Feb 18, 2007 at 02:45 PM GMT
Chris Hauser wrote:
so what did they do the last years ? nothing... I mean a 1.3X with 10MP and 10fps is a joke. I mean come on. At least they could have bumbed up the speed to 12fps or the MP to 12... perhaps even both. We speed shouldn't be a problem at all. The file size shouldn't be the problem either.... so WHAT ist the problem with Canon ....
Every one who needs a high speed camera knows how to use it 8 fps is ENOUGH for everything. People who don't know how to use a HS camera, always demand more fps.
Get a motion picture camera. One of the Canons can even use EF lens.
Lets use some examples (figures are for illustrative purposes only based on the $AU, please feel free to insert your own third world currency here) .
Lets say the Canon 5D sells for $4500 and drop the price 30% to around $3200. Is anyone confident that by doing so they will pick up 30% more sales NOT from their own good profit cameras?
The 40D needs to go into a 1D type body without grip (optional extras of course), and lose the consumer modes. It needs to aim at the 'second body' market of the 1D shooters. Otherwise, yep, everything you said, even at 10MP.
Do you mean to have the 5D replace the so-called 40D?
I don't think that will result in 30% more sales at all. The prosumer market is a 1.6 crop factor market. I would think (for strictly marketing reasons), Canon needs a 1.6x camera to compliment the XTi. That's what the 20D was and that's what made it so popular. It was a reasonable upgrade at a reasonable price. The 5D, to me, is a completely different camera.
Give the consumers a camera to compete with the D200 on the same playing field, which autmoatically differentiates the 5D from the D200, making the 5D (or certainly the 5D Mark II in 6 to 12 mos.) a reasonable upgrade. Give the professional photographers a camera that is clearly at the top of its class. Do so, and you own the market.
Edited by Johnny Blood on Feb 18, 2007 at 02:54 PM GMT
