i have never understood why people elsewhere think these figures are interesting.
If you lived here for a second, you would see why this is no surprise at all. I would like to see these sales numbers compared to powershots and the like.
ISO1600 wrote:
i have never understood why people elsewhere think these figures are interesting.
If you lived here for a second, you would see why this is no surprise at all. I would like to see these sales numbers compared to powershots and the like.
Overall, not surprising or interesting. However, certain bits are unexpected -- such as the appearance on this list of the relatively recent Panasonic G1 Living "here for a second" or even longer, would not have suggested this to me. Part of this is encouraging -- when the more promising (IMHO) Olympus version of the G1 camera appears it could prove to be Olympus' best seller by a considerable margin (and would confirm the recommendations of some voices on this site).
I am surprised that Sony did so well and Pentax so poorly especially given statistics I saw earlier in the year. I am particularly surprised at the a350, not very compelling performance or features, in my view, yet significantly outsold Sony's cheaper entry-level camera, the a200. Inexpensive, entry-level cameras generally rule these sort of rankings. Pentax really needs to step up their game with the planned new product introductions for 2009. It will be sad if they are forced to exit the market.
It's appears that the consumer goes for the brand name, the megapixels, and the price.
If it isn't for the megapixel or the brand name, a camera like the Sony a350 has no place on this list.... especially at position 7.
I wonder if this same poll was put forth to professional photographers (ya know... the one's that use them to earn a living), which camera's would rate in the top 20. Chances are, more than half of these camera's wouldn't even make "the list".
professional photographers make up a miniscule portion of the market. 10% would be wildly high. maybe even 1% would be too, and that is including the fact that most professionals have more than one body.
Lotusm50 wrote:
Overall, not surprising or interesting. However, certain bits are unexpected -- such as the appearance on this list of the relatively recent Panasonic G1 Living "here for a second" or even longer, would not have suggested this to me. Part of this is encouraging -- when the more promising (IMHO) Olympus version of the G1 camera appears it could prove to be Olympus' best seller by a considerable margin (and would confirm the recommendations of some voices on this site).
I am surprised that Sony did so well and Pentax so poorly especially given statistics I saw earlier in the year. I am particularly surprised at the a350, not very compelling performance or features, in my view, yet significantly outsold Sony's cheaper entry-level camera, the a200. Inexpensive, entry-level cameras generally rule these sort of rankings. Pentax really needs to step up their game with the planned new product introductions for 2009. It will be sad if they are forced to exit the market.
Pentax basically hasn't had an entry in the low-end of the marketplace from January (and the K100 discontinuation) until October (and the K-m/K2000 introduction). I'd actually surprised the K200D made the list rather than the K20D, the K200D was massively overpriced for its performance and features until it hit the discount bin after the K-m announcement.
As to Sony, they have had the best bang/buck through the consumer line pretty much all year. The A200 offered performance similar to the Rebel XTi or Nikon D80 in a package priced under the D60. The A300 is frankly a poor mix of A200 and A350. The A350 however offers stunning low-ISO performance for its cost, actually offering the most resolution in-class at base ISO.
