Reading these posts are pretty funny and incredible. In the sense that users think Canon owes them anything or that Canon is so far behind the competition.
I shoot both Fuji and Canon. While canon hasn\'t done everything perfectly (in fact, far from it), we should all put things into perspective and consider:
1. Anyone\'s idea of a perfect camera isn\'t going to be the same as the next person. The fact that people disagree on forum is an indication of this.
2. If you are to compare progress, you need to compare it holistically and not just picked and choose features from best in industry and compare all against Canon. E.g. It seems a little ridiculous to compare Sony sensor tech and ignore everything else that Sony is poor at (lens availability, ergonomic and, AF). It is ridiculous to compare Canon M in isolation to various mirrorless when the other competing companies only produce mirrorless cameras while Canon have basically everything from 35mm and smaller. The list goes on.
3. Canon and every other companies exist to make a profit and return to shareholder. That\'s it. Their target market is the general and pros, not the niche market users. And consumers are not better serve in the long run by making short term decisions that jeopardises the company\'s long term survival (E. G. Releasing one single kick ass camera to wipe out all their entire product line would be an examplr. Cameras are not consumables to the same level that iPhone are. Canon needs to have a varied product line to ensure continual cash flows).
4. This is just my personal opinion but I think Canon less serious push into mirrorless is intentional. You don\'t want to legitimise a market that replaces your product line. The Average Joe photographer still equate size with IQ. And there are more Average Joe than truly informed photographers.
Saying all that, I think this marketing announcement was pretty silly. However based on the volume of response on this thread, it would seem like a successful exercise. It got everyone talking about the campaign and there isn\'t real lasting impression for those who laugh at it. E.g. If you were thinking about buying the 7DMKII, the fact this was a silly marketing campaign isn\'t likely to impact your opinion.
Reading these posts are pretty funny and incredible. In the sense that users think Canon owes them anything or that Canon is so far behind the competition.
I shoot both Fuji and Canon. While canon hasn\'t done everything perfectly (in fact, far from it), we should all put things into perspective and consider:
1. Anyone\'s idea of a perfect camera isn\'t going to be the same as the next person. The fact that people disagree on forum is an indication of this.
2. If you are to compare progress, you need to compare it holistically and not just picked and choose features from best in industry and compare all against Canon. E.g. It seems a little ridiculous to compare Sony sensor tech and ignore everything else that Sony is poor at (lens availability, ergonomic and, AF). It is ridiculous to compare Canon M in isolation to various mirrorless when the other competing companies only produce mirrorless cameras while Canon have basically everything from 35mm and smaller. The list goes on.
3. Canon and every other companies exist to make a profit and return to shareholder. That\'s it. Their target market is the general and pros, not the niche market users. And consumers are not better serve in the long run by making short term decisions that jeopardises the company\'s long term survival (E. G. Releasing one single kick ass camera to wipe out all their entire product line would be an examplr. Cameras are not consumables to the same level that iPhone are. Canon needs to have a varied product line to ensure continual cash flows).
4. This is just my personal opinion but I think Canon less serious push into mirrorless is intentional. You don\'t want to legitimise a market that replaces your product line. The Average Joe photographer still equate size with IQ. And there are more Average Joe than truly informed photographers.
Saying all that, I think this marketing announcement was pretty silly. However based on the volume of response on this thread, it would seem like a successful exercise. It got everyone talking about the campaign and there isn\'t real lasting impression for those who laugh at it. E.g. If you were thinking about buying the 7DMKII, the fact this was a silly marketing campaign isn\'t likely to impact your opinion.
Oct 07, 2014 at 05:25 PM
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