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Canon loses marketshare in dSLR’s, but stays #1

An article at CNET breaks down the marketshare of dSLR's and total cameras sold in 2007. Canon lost marketshare to Nikon.

dSLR marketshare in brackets.

1. Canon 18.8% (42.7%)
2. Sony 16% (No data on dSLR sales)
3. Kodak 9.6% (Lots of dumb consumers)
4. Samsung 9.0%
5. Nikon 8.4% (40%)
6. Olympus 8.3%

Panasonic, Fujifilm, Casio, HP and Pentax rounded it out.

http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9882670-39.html

I'm a Canon fan, but they haven't been exactly an intelligent company the last 18 months or so. The 1d fiasco, the rather drab 1dsmk3 and shortages on everything, including compacts. There's holes in the lens lineup and they really got caught off guard by Nikon. Canon needs to shake the world up at Photokina.

*Edit* The 1ds3 is a great camera, but in the era of marketing being everything.. the camera just doesn't spark the same interest that the D3 has, nor the hype surrounding the megapixel monster from Sony.

Canon loses marketshare in dSLR’s, but stays #1

An article at CNET breaks down the marketshare of dSLR's and total cameras sold in 2007. Canon lost marketshare to Nikon.

dSLR marketshare in brackets.

1. Canon 18.8% (42.7%)
2. Sony 16% (No data on dSLR sales)
3. Kodak 9.6% (Lots of dumb consumers)
4. Samsung 9.0%
5. Nikon 8.4% (40%)
6. Olympus 8.3%

Panasonic, Fujifilm, Casio, HP and Pentax rounded it out.

http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9882670-39.html

I'm a Canon fan, but they haven't been exactly an intelligent company the last 18 months or so. The 1d fiasco, the rather drab 1dsmk3 and shortages on everything, including compacts. There's holes in the lens lineup and they really got caught off guard by Nikon. Canon needs to shake the world up at Photokina.

*Edit* The 1ds3 is a great camera, but in the era of marketing being everything.. the camera just doesn't spark the same interest that the D3 has, nor the hype surrounding the megapixel monster from Sony.

Canon loses marketshare in dSLR’s, but stays #1

An article at CNET breaks down the marketshare of dSLR's and total cameras sold in 2007. Canon lost marketshare to Nikon.

dSLR marketshare in brackets.

1. Canon 18.8% (42.7%)
2. Sony 16% (No data on dSLR sales)
3. Kodak 9.6% (Lots of dumb consumers)
4. Samsung 9.0%
5. Nikon 8.4% (40%)
6. Olympus 8.3%

Panasonic, Fujifilm, Casio, HP and Pentax rounded it out.

http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9882670-39.html

I'm a Canon fan, but they haven't been exactly an intelligent company the last 18 months or so. The 1d fiasco, the rather drab 1dsmk3 and shortages on everything, including compacts. There's holes in the lens lineup and they really got caught off guard by Nikon. Canon needs to shake the world up at Photokina.

*Edit* The 1ds3 is a great camera, but in the era of marketing being everything.. the camera just doesn't spark the same interest that the D3 has, nor the hype surrounding the megapixel monster from Sony.

Canon loses marketshare in dSLR’s, but stays #1

An article at CNET breaks down the marketshare of dSLR's and total cameras sold in 2007. Canon lost marketshare to Nikon.

dSLR marketshare in brackets.

1. Canon 18.8% (42.7%)
2. Sony 16% (No data on dSLR sales)
3. Kodak 9.6% (Lots of dumb consumers)
4. Samsung 9.0%
5. Nikon 8.4% (40%)
6. Olympus 8.3%

Panasonic, Fujifilm, Casio, HP and Pentax rounded it out.

http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9882670-39.html

I'm a Canon fan, but they haven't been exactly an intelligent company the last 18 months or so. The 1d fiasco, the rather drab 1dsmk3 and shortages on everything, including compacts. There's holes in the lens lineup and they really got caught off guard by Nikon. Canon needs to shake the world up at Photokina.

*Edit* The 1ds3 is a great camera, but in the era of marketing being everything.. the camera just doesn't spark the same interest that the D3 has, nor the hype surrounding the megapixel monster from Sony.

Canon loses marketshare in dSLR’s, but stays #1

An article at CNET breaks down the marketshare of dSLR's and total cameras sold in 2007. Canon lost marketshare to Nikon.

dSLR marketshare in brackets.

1. Canon 18.8% (42.7%)
2. Sony 16% (No data on dSLR sales)
3. Kodak 9.6% (Lots of dumb consumers)
4. Samsung 9.0%
5. Nikon 8.4% (40%)
6. Olympus 8.3%

Panasonic, Fujifilm, Casio, HP and Pentax rounded it out.

http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9882670-39.html

I'm a Canon fan, but they haven't been exactly an intelligent company the last 18 months or so. The 1d fiasco, the rather drab 1dsmk3 and shortages on everything, including compacts. There's holes in the lens lineup and they really got caught off guard by Nikon. Canon needs to shake the world up at Photokina.

*Edit* The 1ds3 is a great camera, but in the era of marketing being everything.. the camera just doesn't spark the same interest that the D3 has, nor the hype surrounding the megapixel monster from Sony.

Canon Rebel XSi availability

There's a store in Owen Sound, Ontario called Foto Art that currently has one XSi left that is available for sale. $999 retail price with the lens.

Just an FYI if they're hard to come by where you are.

*Disclaimer… no I'm not paid by Foto Art! Just Google Adsense :)

Rebel XSi

I played with a Rebel XSi yesterday.

Things I liked cosmetically.

- Seemed to feel bigger in my hands that the previous 2 Rebels.
* for an entry level camera. It feels a lot better than the Nikon D60 & Sony Alpha 200 in your hands if you have big ones such as myself. I still think the Pentax K200 feels the best.
- Good button placement. i.e. the ISO button.
- Nice VF for a Rebel.
- New grip material
- Red striped strap =D
- The menu system
- The camera setting display is easy to read.
- The IS lens seems to focus fairly quickly.

Things I didn't like.

- New battery. Doesn't appear it'll work on any current universal chargers either.
- Contrast AF in LV isn't great.
- Flash (at least one the one I used) popped up a bit aggressively.

None of this has anything to do with image quality, I didn't have the time for that. The 2 at the store here were both already sold or I may have done some more with it.