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 p.5 #15 · Canon 24-70 II price announced. | |
RobertLynn wrote:
Oh cry me a river. There's no personal attack. It isn't a "differing" opinion, it's me being in touch with reality.
I'm sorry you're offended about the price increase, but what did you think was going to happen?
The lens is an improvement. (allegedly). Aside
From price and is what dont you like? Did you honestly think they would release a
New awesome lens for less than the previous lens?
So instead of your "personal attack" question, here's one for you.
Why is it that anytime canon releases anything, people just complain about every single thing about it? These releases are supposed to be a FUN time for us all, not a complaining time or a time for so much negativity. Yet, it's always just complaining.
For instance on this lens, iq has been complained about (by my observation) the most. People talked about is next. Now there are perceived issues (q/c, internal construction problems), if they fixed all of those issues and improved the center and edge sharpness considerably, what's not to like?
I'm not sticking up for canon. I'm like you, and less money on a product would be awesome. I jut know that in my life at least, generally everything has went up in price.
I'm happy as a lark with these announcements. The d800 sounds great (but did you see te price for a grip? Over 600). I'm hoping that they push canon to do something.
Imagine if canon dropped the 1div and 1dx prices, introduced a ff offering like te d800, and maybe a new "flagship"?
I see only good out of these announcements. Id like it to
Cost less, but, hey, what can we do.
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You don't think "What the fuck is wrong with you?" is a personal attack? I'm sure you're a perfectly nice guy IRL, but you always come across as a bullying jackass in everything of yours I read.
Putting that aside, NOT every Canon release is greeted badly, the 1Dx was warmly and critically well received, it's the BAD products that are, quite rightly, slated, and there's been a LOT of bad Canon products, relatively speaking, in the last couple of years.
The 5DII was innovative ONLY in video terms, which is great for video guys, but this is a photography forum and in terms of photo features the D700 kicked its ass every which way, instead of taking the 5D and adding a bit in every direction, the D700 was genuinely innovative, and Canon was criticised, quite rightly, for being more conservative than its main rival.
Canon is, by a decent margin, the largest D-SLR company, and it got there by being innovative, it introduced a new lens mount when playing it safe would have been easier.
Canon introduced multiple niche and unique lenses that rivals are only just now starting to replicated (eg 24 and 35mm f/1.4 primes)
Canon in the last 4 years has been the OPPOSITE of innovative, they've played it incredibly safe at a time when Nikon has been very clever and innovative, and Canon are, again quite rightly, being criticised by the users of their products for not offering products as good.
Yes there's a lot of whinging, a lot of hyperbole, a lot of exaggeration, but that's what the internet does, it's what a forum does, especially when you've signed up to one SPECIFICALLY about Canon D-SLR gear, it's always going to be more intense than in everyday life.
All I've ever stated is that a doubling of price for a new lens which does nothing new is ludicrous to my eyes, for crying out loud Tamron are offering an IS version of a 24-70 but Canon's brand-new, $2500 flagship is just milking the faithful for more cash, yet again choosing the conservative route.
Frankly in my everyday life this is almost entirely irrelevant and when I turn this screen off I won't give the matter a 2nd thought, but this is a forum specifically targetted at Canon gear and I gave my opinion on Canon gear, why does this warrant Robb Lynn publically and incredibly rudely asking me "what the fuck" is wrong with me?
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