CR Rates The Product Announcements Part 2

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tzalmagor:

--- Quote from: Justin on September 17, 2010, 10:20:31 AM ---Nikon's offerings are looking to be as strong in the glass arena anyway (*awaiting reviews of the new primes). I've always envied the 14-24.

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Being aware this borders on hearsay, I'll repeat this in hope someone could expand on the subject.

Having read the reviews about the Nikkor 14-24mm a short while after it came out, I felt envy as well. Then one of the guys I trust at the local photo shop said that Nikon have made a lens that gets good results on what's easy & common for testers to check, such as sharpness, but is inferior in areas harder to quantify and grade, such as the quality of colors and amount of light absorbed by the lens' elements.

Then he said to wait and see how many copies of the lens would show up in the shop's used lenses section as an indication of how happy the buyers are with it. Sure enough, there are a couple of them there already, I guess because the buyers were disappointed with it.

I'm far from being an expert on the subject, and therefore find it hard to evaluate the guy's claims. Maybe there are other participants who could throw more light on the issue.

awinphoto:

--- Quote from: CameraAddict on September 17, 2010, 10:05:26 AM ---CR wrote:

--- Quote ---"That being said, Canon will still sell a lot of them to upgrading Rebel users. There are more Rebels out there than any other DSLR.
The D7000 is going to take new DSLR buyers away from Canon, but I donâ€™t think itâ€™ll make too many people switch."
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Really, upgrading Rebel users could very well have few or no lenses other than the kit lenses, making upgrade to the D7000 an easy task. In addition, taking new DSLR buyers should be what both manufacturers want. After all, once you buy cameras then buy a bunch of lenses, the camera gods of the internet say you can't switch ;-).

But seriously, for me, a 50D user, the effective Canon xxD demotion and then the Nikon move has led me to scratch new Canon lenses off my list. It's time to stop investing in Canon because they no longer offer a camera for me and I don't know when in the foreseeable future they will. I don't want to move up to 7D for features I don't need. I'd rather have a camera and a new lens for the price, which is what I can get for the same money if I move to Nikon (the 18-105 kit lens is supposed to be a really high performer). I'll become a hybrid user. Shooting with both manufacturers' cameras can certainly do nothing but help my photography. If nothing else, it will make it more interesting....My future investment in lenses will be extremely tentative and completely contingent upon who produces the most inviting technology. But I'm no longer a Canon-only person and I've been buying Canons since 2003....

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Comparing the D7000 to the 60D may but may not be entirely fair since I'm not sure if they are completely each others competitors... The D7000 is geared above the D90 and below the D3000... with Canon restructuring the xxd to compete against the D90 and it's competitors and the 7D squared off against the D300S, the D7000 is/was geared against what the xxD series was... so it's nearest competitor is the 50D to pit apples to apples... While closer in term of features minus video and AF, the D7000 is the better camera in this comparison. That being said, if you want to switch to Nikon only or both, do it... Dont gripe or hesitate... dont troll or dont waver... it's a business decision, as these investments aren't cheap. There are a plethora of cameras from all the manufacturers, choose what best floats your boat and stick with it... Just dont try to stir the pot wavering and griping. One thing to keep in mind, the last i heard, due to the mount size of the canon lenses, Nikon lenses can be used on canon cameras via adapters, however as far as i'm aware, Canon glass cannot be used properly on nikons because the canon mount size is bigger than nikons... so even if you got an adapter, AF and infinity may be an issue on the nikon cameras with canon glass... Things may have changed but that was the word as of 2 years ago... Good luck with ur ventures and nokin stuff and i'm sure canon will lose sleep over your departure, but if you're going to do it, do it... just dont whine on here...

Mark D5 TEAM II:

--- Quote ---After seeing what Nikon threw out there with the D7000, coming in at $100 more expensive than the 60D. thereâ€™s a perception Canon dropped the ball on this one. I think the 60D looks about $100 overpriced now.

That being said, Canon will still sell a lot of them to upgrading Rebel users. There are more Rebels out there than any other DSLR.

The D7000 is going to take new DSLR buyers away from Canon, but I donâ€™t think itâ€™ll make too many people switch.
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$100 is being too kind. Drop the 60D to $900 and it will outsell the D7K, problem solved. Drop the 500D to $600 and 550D to $750 and there would be no need for a 2000D, another problem solved. Heck, they could even drop the 7D price to $1400 and it would kill the D7K, the same way the latter would kill any more D300s sales :P. Canon can and should just sandwich that model price-wise. Afterwards, they could fire their product planners and some of the higher-ups who continue to spout arrant nonsense like Maeda and Westfall.

EGA65:
"PowerShot SX30 IS
Initial impressions? Completely absurd, "

I'm pretty bummed about the SX30. I don't think the super Zooms are gimmicks like so many people seem to. They are great for traveling without spending an arm and a leg on higher end equipment as well as being compact (I only travel with one small rucksack). BUT, this just reeks of one up man ship at the cost of everything else. After seeing the G12 I was Hoping the SX30 would be a SX24 with the improvement to low light photography, HDR and the other improvements.
This one does seem like a gimmick and I waited months to find out about it. Talk about feeling deflated. :-\

PaulRivers:

--- Quote from: Canon Rumors on September 17, 2010, 07:01:06 AM ---Pretty much the same type upgrade as the G12. I’ll find out next week if the looseness of the back wheel has been fixed. I hear it’s still a problem for some people. 
PowerShot SX30 IS 
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From who? As a regular reader of the dpreview forums, I've heard exactly one complaint about the new rear wheel. Which was from someone who played with a camera in a store but never actually used it, and which was followed up by several people responding by saying they really thought the new rear wheel was perfect and had fixed all the issues with the old one. I have one myself - I really think the s95 wheel is about perfect.

And believe me - if people didn't like the redesigned rear wheel on dpreview, there would be a TON of bitching, moaning, and complaining about it, lol.

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