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Saturos and Beni>, you nailed it perfect!
n0b0>, the reason you jumped on this thread was because you are just like every other Canon fanboy out there. If you see a negative comment, you MUST go in a quickly try to smother it. How dare anyone say anything bad about YOUR precious brand.
As been said before, Quality Control issue is common with any mass produced items. I noticed another one of the more vocal whinger in this thread also works for Mercedes as quality engineer. I wonder what he has to say about Mercedes cars being rated as some of the least reliable cars a few years back. You should ask him, whatever answer he gives, it should apply to Canon as well.
Yes, that was me. I am vocal. I was raised in America, not Russia where you are behead for speaking out. So when something SUCKS, I say it. Canon has some good products. Example 300 f2.8L IS. One of the best glass in the world.
But they have more bad these days due to poor quality control....and some bad design.
I get so sick of everytime some one wants to say, "I have a problem" The Canon fanboys come out and attack. If I pay $4700 for a camera body, I WANT to blow it out of proportion. I WANT to be vocal. I WANT Canon and everyone else to hear it.
Whats it to "YOU" if "I" say its bad. I know why, because as a FAN you dont want people saying anything bad about your team. And its always from people that are not even good photographers. People who have no idea about any of this stuff other than what they READ. I see more people saying "Mines good, must be the photographer" that wouldnt know a sharp image if it slaped them in the face. The images they post are not sharp. To them they think they are sharp because they just came froma Rebel, or a P&S, so yes, the 7D is awesome compared to those. But some of "US" are actually photographers and use these tools for a living.
The reason the "PROS" started switching was because they were in danger of losing money to feed their families due to poor focused images. When the competition delivers sharper, clearer images than yours, they quit buying yours. So they switch to the ones that deliver....as did Nikon.
But here, the idiot, wanna be/hobbiest photographers want to tell a professional photographer that they dont know how to use the camera, read the manual and work on technique. GET LOST! People switch brands when they dont deliver. PROS buy and switch for better results for money. Hobbiest switch when they want to show off their equipment and impress their friends. WE and I include myself, read these forums to get a feel for what others are experiencing with new products before we buy. Or it tells us HOW big the problem is.
I assume when anyone post here that their 7D isnt focusing correctly....that its not and that their camera isnt working right.
And I determine by reading their post if it were the photog and not the camera. You can tell when they say, my camera isnt focusing right and they are using Auto focus point selection. Then you say, Try a diferent technique.
As for the Mercedes. Yes, it sucks too. The reason they suck is because they are poorly thought out, and when issues arise close to start of production, they wont fix it due to money. They send it to the customer.
Let me tell you. It was my job everyday to test every vehicle that came off line on my shift. I was the supervisor of a group that tested every vehicle before shipping. We did this during testing before they we released for start of production as well.
In early testing, they fix and addressed then, when it nears Start of Production, they stop. They start production level testing and when issues are found, they look at them. They then decide if they feel like the customer would ever notice it.
And if they did, would they return it. Then they look at the fall out rate. And many many many cases, I was told by the VP of Quality, "Let it go, if they make it to the dealer, let them fix it. Its cheaper for us to do it under warranty, than it is to fix it hear. This is when my attitude changed. I lost all pride in what I was doing. This is so wrong in so many way. "Let the customer deal with it?" Its a freeking $60,000 vehicle, and a Mercedes Benz
This is why they have the highest UNreliability. The amount of customers that MUST return them to the dealers. Instead of addressing the issue before they get it. And like Canon, a customer cant always easily sell it. Mercedes relys on customers that are willing to pay for the prestige of driving a Mercedes Benz. If they didnt have so many people out there that was SO interested in showing off their money, they'd be screwed.
Let me tell you, many people in that plant complain about the quality there. They want their built vehicles to be the best, but they cant because corporate Diamler says NO. And so, we get unhappy customers.
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