Comments on: Top Selling Cameras. Clearly shows Canon has no clue!

By: Shayne Spilker

Shayne Spilker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Your blog is awesome! I found it on Yahoo searching for tweaker for my Canon 500d and couldn

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:52:50 +0000

The 5D2 is selling in Portugal for 2197Ã¢â€šÂ¬ how about that Nikon?!

By: KJ

KJ — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:23:38 +0000

Perhaps a better metric might be the actual cameras in the field. Of the DSLR’s XTi and XT dominate flickr. Followed by the D80 and D40 – it definitely requires a full life cycle to crack the top, but the 40D has only been out for a brief while relative to the rest of the list.

http://www.flickr.com/cameras/

The market is going to feel a big hit this winter with the economy in the crapper… expect to see a more conservative canon and nikon going forward. Now is the time to push $500 entry models & P&S’s at Walmart rather than $2500 semi-pro models at smaller retailers.

By: indifferent

indifferent — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:07:09 +0000

Thank you Canon rumors. I now understand your reasoning.
My apologies if I sounded upset.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:03:24 +0000

Where are these figures taken from? I’ve looked and can’t find it. Is this just Amazon.com? Is it data from every camera store in North America? Or something else?

By: KJ

KJ — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:09:31 +0000

I find it almost irrelevant without numbers comparing actual sales, also with the other cameras involved it’s not very useful.

95% of the population will continue to buy the P&S cameras for many reasons, not the least of which are that they like the size/convenience/price and don’t need the control, flexibility or quality.

I love dSLR’s and wish they were more popular, but the fact remains that they aren’t and never will be, no matter how many commercials Ashton Kutcher or Avril Lavigne are in.

Also note that the colors of the cameras are split. I don’t care if a blue one outsells a green one. I also really don’t care that a body only outsells a kit with a $50 lens which retails for more than $100 more. I would be interested to know overall body sales of the major players.

Let us not forget that at least as of right now the 5d2 is pre-release and the d700 has been out for about 2 months. Also similarly the d90 has been out for over 6 weeks and the 5d is about 3 weeks old – say nothing of their 30% price difference. These things matter when judging sales figures.

This is all fine for dickwaving but doesn’t really imply let alone prove much.

By: Canon Rumors

Canon Rumors — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:58:22 +0000

indifferent:
There was no brand bashing. Merely stating a fact of things going on in retail at this moment. The 50D costs a bunch more than the D90, so it’s impossible to compare the two.

What you can start to see is the prosumer market is either stagnant or stocks of the cameras are just low. When the D80 launched, it sold like gangbusters out of the gate. Again, I expected the D90 to do the same.

In Canada, the D700 has NOT sold well. I’ve spoken to various retail outlets and they all say the same thing. It’s a $4500 upgrade for most people, and they look elsewhere or stick with their D200/D300’s.

The stores I questioned are not “lousy”. Both are pro dealers and still in business, that says a lot.

By: Nikon

Nikon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:24:05 +0000

I think it’s a symptom of Canon bringing their cameras late to market. You see, Nikon has had more time to show off their ‘uber cool’ D90 and D700 (groundbreaking cameras), without any “destined evolution” mumbo-jumbo. As well, the 50D was a bit of a blunder – Canon already had a 40D with just a few less megapixels and an extra custom setting; there was no point to spend time making another of the same camera. If they left the 40D and spent time on making the 5D2 on par with the D700 features, then they’d be better off. Why make the same thing twice?

By: indifferent

indifferent — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:46:15 +0000

I come to this nice website to get info about what Canon is going to introduce to market. Not who is better than who. I can get that rubbish elsewhere.

I own both Canon and Nikon Systems so brands dont matter to me.
However, even though this is a Canon Site, its POOR form to mildly bash the other system(s).

(showing a matrix that clearly states the D90 is outselling the 50D [similar price points & both new systems to market], yet in the same post suggest that ONLY 2 lousy Stores are not selling alot of D90s is lame reporting and incosistent.)

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:26:37 +0000

That’s really surprising! I’m surprised the LX3 isn’t on there or any other dSLRs. Yeah the economy sucks, but the interest in photography is the exact inverse.

Anyway, I’m wondering where it’s from-I mean other than N. America. I have a feeling if you took speciality camera stores (B&H, Adorama, Samy’s, Robert’s, Calumet etc etc) that the results may be different.

By: oscar

oscar — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:25:56 +0000

nikon do you have buyers’ remorse or something. I get you are happy with the D700 and I think it has some amazing futures but for me the button layout is off and the Nikons feels funny.

I want the 5D mark II and I could care less if your D700 has some features that the 5D II doesn’t have but If you are talking about money then the Nikon lens are a rip off.

By: Nikon

Nikon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:15:18 +0000

That’s right – Canon has no clue! They’re selling a 5D2 (a 40D on crack) for $2800, vs a Nikon D700 (which has way more features) for $2300. Why pay more and get less, especially now?

By: Benjamin Poiesz

Benjamin Poiesz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:56:44 +0000

Perfect title.