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p.16 #20 · •Eos 1Ds MkIII Master Thread• | |
maybe this has been covered before (i don't know) but cant some of the "minimal" upgrade hoopla from canon be attributed to nikon?
i dont know, i never touched the stuff (nikon) before, but i always got the impression that people were jumping ship to canon because nikon always seemed to be dragging its feet in giving its customers something really useful and competitive. i know when i decided to "go digital" after college, the nikon brand never even entered my thoughts as a viable option, because they didnt have anything like the 1ds (and then there was the rumor of the 1ds2) which is how i ended up in the canon camp...
now thats just the general feeling ive gleened off of forums over the years and i could be completely wrong on that. i just assume that nikon HAD to knock one (or two) out of the park since, in some ways, they havent really shown up at times.
now, this is not to say that i wouldnt have loved even more from canon, but, as a business, probably (much more) beholden to the shareholders than actual photographers, what were they to do in this segment...compete against themselves?
im sure theyve got lots of awesome tech. tricks up their sleeve that theyve been holding back for just such an occasion. now (well in a couple years) we will finally get to see them. if a third brand really starts to get in the fray, then we'll really see some good stuff.
dont get me wrong, i would love for canon to act "humble and hungry" all the time and push themselves just for the sake of raising their own bar, but i just dont think a huge company like them, does that like a smaller company or individuals would. there has to be competition for them and, in many ways, its been lacking.
im not apologizing for canon, they dont need my help, i just think that nikon has been looked at as some sort of cool, hip, always give the customer what they want and then some, hero riding in on a white horse to save the day, with no one asking the question, "what took you so long?"
take my opinion for what its worth...im just ticked/worried about this shutter bounce im seeing in my 1ds2...
take care and God bless.
steven
Edited on Oct 12, 2007 at 02:08 AM
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