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 p.10 #6 · Canon finally honest and openly admit AF crippling | |
In the competition between the 6D and the D600, I expect Canon to come out on the short end of the stick. If they don't, it'll show their marketing is better than their design - which is not something we photographers ought to be happy about.
You guys who spend so much time here whining about Canon's offering make two principal mistakes:
1. You seem to think that Canon cares what a few people say on an internet forum; Canon (like any other large manufacturer) only cares about sales, not about whining. As a side matter, few of us pay any attention to whining (well, other than whining back  )
2. You seem to think that these two products (the 6D and the D600; or the 5D3/D800) are in "competition." They really aren't. Canon has a full line of DSLR products; that line is, to some extent, in competition with Nikon's line of DSLR products, but only the entry-level products can be said to be in full-time direct competition. Practically nobody enters the DSLR world by jumping into full frame; the vast majority of us (who, in total, only make up a very small part of the DSLR market, which itself only makes up a small part of the digital camera market); we make the decision when we buy our first DSLR whether we go with Canon, Nikon, or a third party. After that, relatively few will ever switch; most are committed to the original choice.
I entered the DSLR world in 2004 when I bought a Canon 10D, after decades using film. I then, over the next six years, acquired a decent array of Canon lenses, so that, when I decided it was time to upgrade, there was no sense in even considering a Nikon product; the D700 was not, generally speaking, in competition with the 5D2. Similarly, very few, when upgrading from their 40D to FF now, will consider dumping their Canon glass and to buy the D600.
To an extent, one entering the DSLR world may consider the entire line, but I suspect that's fairly rare. Canon will have to make sure, over time, that their FF offerings are, overall, competitive with others available, or they risk a long-term drain of customers; but whether the D800 as marginally better than the 5D3 (which is debatable), or the 6D is marginally worse than the 600D (which is all useless speculation at this point), is quite irrelevant to "competition."
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