Canon Cannot Keep Screwing It's Customers Over

[Axilrod]

By over pricing their products.  I am aware that I am being charged too much. But I don't care.  I will continue to buy Canon.

As a Canon user you must know you are paying quite a bit for their product.  You may not care, but it is true.

Isn't the idea that something is "overpriced" kind of subjective? 

[ChilledXpress]

I don't like it and I don't love Canon like I might but the next best option is Nikon and their lens range is crap in comparrison to Canon's. 

is that so...?

care to explain why.. and how can joe mcnally be such a better photographer then you ...with all these crap lenses?

Just goes to show, excellent photographers can get great images with subpar lenses...

[Ewinter]

I think professionally, camera kit doesn't really devalue all that much.
Say I sell a $3000 camera second hand for $2000.
I've lost $1000, but I'm damn sure that when I'm upgrading a camera it'll make a significant enough difference to my business that that $1000 I've lost is peanuts compared to my profits.
The same idea follows for shutter replacements too.

I went from a rebel xti to a 7d. My 7d paid for itself, extra lenses, flashes, studio gear and my bills in the first year.
The only way I'd make a loss on it is if I paid someone to take it

[Mark1]

I don't like it and I don't love Canon like I might but the next best option is Nikon and their lens range is crap in comparrison to Canon's. 

is that so...?

care to explain why.. and how can joe mcnally be such a better photographer then you ...with all these crap lenses?

Sorry, I don't know who Joe Mcnally is and whether he is a better photographer than me. Perhaps he is a god to some and not to others - photography is such a subjective interest isn't it. My point regarding Nikon's lenses is that their range is crap in comparrison to Canon's. Look at all the popular primes and zooms from both parties and compare them. Canon's RANGE is vastly superior - perhaps that's a subjective statement too. I'm not a fanboy and could happily switch if I felt someone else were producing a better product but they aren't. Bodies - maybe but lense range - not. 

[bdunbar79]

I don't like it and I don't love Canon like I might but the next best option is Nikon and their lens range is crap in comparrison to Canon's. 

is that so...?

care to explain why.. and how can joe mcnally be such a better photographer then you ...with all these crap lenses?

Sorry, I don't know who Joe Mcnally is and whether he is a better photographer than me. Perhaps he is a god to some and not to others - photography is such a subjective interest isn't it. My point regarding Nikon's lenses is that their range is crap in comparrison to Canon's. Look at all the popular primes and zooms from both parties and compare them. Canon's RANGE is vastly superior - perhaps that's a subjective statement too. I'm not a fanboy and could happily switch if I felt someone else were producing a better product but they aren't. Bodies - maybe but lense range - not.

Exactly.  Who the hell's Joe McNally?

[bdunbar79]

who in hell are you?
http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/#mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&p=-1&a=-1&at=0

Ok, sorry, wrong phrasing.  I should have said, "Who cares?"  That better?

[neuroanatomist]

Who the hell's Joe McNally?

Bob Rand's buddy - they go around taking pictures of maps and globes.

 

[bdunbar79]

Who the hell's Joe McNally?

Bob Rand's buddy - they go around taking pictures of maps and globes.

 

Haha!  Classic.

[Hobby Shooter]

Who the hell's Joe McNally?

Bob Rand's buddy - they go around taking pictures of maps and globes.

 

I looked through some of the legends portraits. I recognized a few of the photos so he would probably be quite big. Some of the stuff was great. It's not his fault he ended up in this thread.


Haha!  Classic.

[Don Haines]

A camera is an investment??? Perhaps twenty years ago..... Now they are like a computer, they are a rapidly depreciating expendable item. Like a computer, in five years it is obsolete and needs to be replaced.... Resale value zero.

I think I'll go out and invest in a tank of gas and a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?

[tron]

I think I'll go out and invest in a tank of gas and a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?

They will be worth a 2009 Digital SLR 

[neuroanatomist]

I think I'll go out and invest in... a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?

I dunno...have you seen the price of Twinkies lately?!?   

[Daniel Flather]

I think I'll go out and invest in... a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?

I dunno...have you seen the price of Twinkies lately?!?   

Yeah, but twinkies are the best bet, as they ever expire. 

[Renegade Runner]

I think I'll go out and invest in... a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?

I dunno...have you seen the price of Twinkies lately?!?   

Yeah, but twinkies are the best bet, as they ever expire.

Hold onto those twinkies and other Hostess products.  Could be worth big bucks if the company goes bankrupt.    You will have a collectors item one day.

[Don Haines]

Investment time... Canon comes out with  the 5D III. Person A invests in the camera body, in ten years time the camera has gone from $3500 to being sold used for $200

Person B invests in $3500 worth of beer, drinks it all, and throws the empties in the garage. in ten years time the empties are worth $500.......

Moral of the story, beer is a better investment than digital camera bodies.... So go make that higher return investment and have a merry christmas