This was a marketing blunder for Canon that starts all the way at the beginning of the product concept process. They wanted to bring a product to market that checks all the boxes at once...almost like they let gearheads design a unicorn product, and they actually tried to deliver on it even though there are engineering and technical limitations. Like that old school episode of the Simpsons where Homer's twin brother let him design a car that was may for the everyday person lol.
45MP! 20FPS! 8K Video! Make it a compact mirrorless camera! It created a lot of hype because it sounded to good to be true...and when you see all the limitations built into the camera to keep it from destroying itself, you realize it really is too good to be true. They wanted to come into the FF mirrorless market hot...with a product that is fire...and bring the heat to sony. Mission accomplished.
Jokes aside Canon has the chops to build a good camera....we all know that. And the R5 and R6 are pretty damn good cameras if you live within their limitations. They are just now learning the lessons that Sony learned with the a7rII. Don't write a check you can't cash in terms of your marketing. Don't try to make a one size fits all camera. Better to have special purpose cameras that get their jobs done than to have one camera try to do everything sub-optimally. a7s may only shoot 4k video and 12mp stills, a7rIV may only burst at 10fps, a9 may only have 24mp. But they all excell where they are intended to.
This was a marketing blunder for Canon that starts all the way at the beginning of the product concept process. They wanted to bring a product to market that checks all the boxes at once...almost like they let gearheads design a unicorn product, and they actually tried to deliver on it even though there are engineering and technical limitations. Like that old school episode of the Simpsons where Homer's twin brother let him design a car that was may for the everyday person lol.
45MP! 20FPS! 8K Video! Make it a compact mirrorless camera! It created a lot of hype because it sounded to good to be true...and when you see all the limitations built into the camera to keep it from destroying itself, you realize it really is too good to be true. They wanted to come in hot to the FF mirrorless market...with a product that is fire...and bring the heat to sony. Mission accomplished.
Jokes aside Canon has the chops to build a good camera....we all know that. And the R5 and R6 are pretty damn good cameras if you live within their limitations. They are just now learning the lessons that Sony learned with the a7rII. Don't write a check you can't cash in terms of your marketing. Don't try to make a one size fits all camera. Better to have special purpose cameras that get their jobs done than to have one camera try to do everything sub-optimally. a7s may only shoot 4k video and 12mp stills, a7rIV may only burst at 10fps, a9 may only have 24mp. But they all excell where they are intended to.
This was a marketing blunder for Canon that starts all the way at the beginning of the product concept process. They wanted to bring a product to market that checks all the boxes at once...almost like they let gearheads design a unicorn product, and they actually tried to deliver on it even though there are engineering and technical limitations. Like that old school episode of the Simpsons where Homer's twin brother let him design a car that was may for the everyday person lol.
45MP! 20FPS! 8K Video! Make it a compact mirrorless camera! It created a lot of hype because it sounded to good to be true...and when you see all the limitations built into the camera to keep it from destroying itself, you realize it really is too good to be true. They wanted to come in hot to the FF mirrorless market...with a product that is fire...and bring the heat to sony. Mission accomplished.
Jokes aside Canon has the chops to build a good camera....we all know that. And the R5 and R6 are pretty damn good cameras if you live within their limitations. They are just now learning the lessons that Sony learned with the a7rII. Don't write a check you can't cash in terms of your marketing. Don't try to make a one size fits all camera. Better to have special purpose cameras that get their jobs done than to have one camera try to do everything sub-optimally. a7s may only shoot 4k video and 12mp stills, a7rIV may only burst at 10fps, a9 may only have 24mp. But they all excell where they are intended to.
This was a marketing blunder for Canon that starts all the way at the beginning of the product concept process. They wanted to bring a product to market that checks all the boxes at once...almost like they let gearheads design a unicorn product, and they actually tried to deliver on it even though there are engineering and technical limitations. Like that old school episode of the Simpsons where Homer's twin brother let him design a car that was may for the everyday person lol.
45MP! 20FPS! 8K Video! Make it a compact mirrorless camera! It created a lot of hype because it sounded to good to be true...and when you see all the limitations built into the camera to keep it from destroying itself, you realize it really is too good to be true. They wanted to come in hot to the FF mirrorless market...with a product that is fire...and brings the heat to sony. Mission accomplished.
Canon has the chops to build a good camera....we all know that. And the R5 and R6 are pretty damn good cameras if you live within their limitations. They are just now learning the lessons that Sony learned with the a7rII. Don't write a check you can't cash in terms of your marketing. Don't try to make a one size fits all camera. Better to have special purpose cameras that get their jobs done than to have one camera try to do everything sub-optimally. a7s may only shoot 4k video and 12mp stills, a7rIV may only burst at 10fps, a9 may only have 24mp. But they all excell where they are intended to.
Aug 11, 2020 at 10:58 AM
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