The Answer to Everyone's Complaints

[unfocused]

Been thinking about this for awhile and decided I'd act on it.

If you are unhappy with Canon's perceived failure to offer (choose any of the following) high megapixel body, mirrorless full frame camera, more dynamic range, shadow detail) I propose the following:

Send me a check or Pay Pal me $2,000 as a deposit, telling me what feature you want improved.

I will deposit it in a special savings account and will not spend the money, except under the conditions I will list below.

After you and 50,000 of your like-minded friends have sent me these checks, I will forward the money to Canon as a deposit for them to use in developing the camera feature you want. It is no guarantee they will comply, but I suspect the fact that 50,000 people have demonstrated a willingness to place a $2,000 down payment on the camera of their choice, will indeed get Canon's attention.

Now, there is one condition I am placing on this offer. Anyone who starts or participates in a thread whining about how Canon isn't paying attention to them or is about to go bankrupt because their personal needs are not being attended to, I will deduct 10% of your deposit as an trolling tax.

Basically, you must put your money where your mouth is. This has the added advantage of demonstrating whether or not there is a demand for the features you find so significant.

I am willing to add accounts for other features, in case I'm missing any. By the way, it is 50,000 x $2,000 for each feature. As some of these features are contradictory, you cannot ask for more than one for each deposit.

If, after two years, any account has not reached the threshhold of 50,000 participants, I will refund the money minus a small handling fee.

 

[BL]

hey that's a fantastic idea!

oh wait... i absolutely love my 1Dx and M

 

[jrista]

Been thinking about this for awhile and decided I'd act on it.

If you are unhappy with Canon's perceived failure to offer (choose any of the following) high megapixel body, mirrorless full frame camera, more dynamic range, shadow detail) I propose the following:

Send me a check or Pay Pal me $2,000 as a deposit, telling me what feature you want improved.

I will deposit it in a special savings account and will not spend the money, except under the conditions I will list below.

After you and 50,000 of your like-minded friends have sent me these checks, I will forward the money to Canon as a deposit for them to use in developing the camera feature you want. It is no guarantee they will comply, but I suspect the fact that 50,000 people have demonstrated a willingness to place a $2,000 down payment on the camera of their choice, will indeed get Canon's attention.

Now, there is one condition I am placing on this offer. Anyone who starts or participates in a thread whining about how Canon isn't paying attention to them or is about to go bankrupt because their personal needs are not being attended to, I will deduct 10% of your deposit as an trolling tax.

Basically, you must put your money where your mouth is. This has the added advantage of demonstrating whether or not there is a demand for the features you find so significant.

I am willing to add accounts for other features, in case I'm missing any. By the way, it is 50,000 x $2,000 for each feature. As some of these features are contradictory, you cannot ask for more than one for each deposit.

If, after two years, any account has not reached the threshhold of 50,000 participants, I will refund the money minus a small handling fee.

The money will be deposited in The Bank of Nigeria: "We guarantee your money will still be there when you go looking for it!"

 

[sagittariansrock]

I think I'll start a similar fund for anyone complaining about unfocused's offer.

 

[Dylan777]

What is your Paypal ID?
I want FF mirrorless with UWA lens and 35mm, 55mm, 85mm pancake.

Canon better hurry and releases FF mirrorless with all features that needed, otherwise, my dear friend surapon is about to run out mirrorless features: http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=21075.0 ;D

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

What is your Paypal ID?
I want FF mirrorless with UWA lens and 35mm, 55mm, 85mm pancake

I'll wire him the cash, but I need his bank account number for the wire

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

This reminds me of a joke.
In the economic crisis of the 80s, there were large queues to buy meat and milk. One person gave up, left the queue and went to complain to the president of the republic. Shortly after he returned saying:
"The queue was even bigger in the office of president."

I do not know if canon will hear our requests, but you can become a millionaire if you apply these resources in oil shares.

 

[distant.star]

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I think I'll get out of photography and get in the fracking game.

In a year or two I'll be able to buy Canon and have them make whatever I like.

 

[traingineer]

Is it possible to donate -2,000$ ? ;D

 

[SoullessPolack]

If you do what you're proposing, you'll find out how truly small the number of complainers are. The loud bitchy ones are truly the minority, yet make up the vocal majority. Even if this was free instead of $2000, you'd get no more than maybe 100, at a maximum.

Most likely less than 1% of Canon DSLR users frequent camera forums such as these. Even a smaller fraction of those people visit this site in particular. And even a smaller number of people post such crybaby topics. People like Ivan Muller, dadgummit, RGF, paulrossjones, and others, cry so loudly that it seems everyone's aching for something new. If Canon were somehow able to poll every one of their users and publish the results, we would see that pretty much everyone is happy with the Canon options out there right now.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Been thinking about this for awhile and decided I'd act on it.

If you are unhappy with Canon's perceived failure to offer (choose any of the following) high megapixel body, mirrorless full frame camera, more dynamic range, shadow detail) I propose the following:

Send me a check or Pay Pal me $2,000 as a deposit, telling me what feature you want improved.

I will deposit it in a special savings account and will not spend the money, except under the conditions I will list below.

After you and 50,000 of your like-minded friends have sent me these checks, I will forward the money to Canon as a deposit for them to use in developing the camera feature you want. It is no guarantee they will comply, but I suspect the fact that 50,000 people have demonstrated a willingness to place a $2,000 down payment on the camera of their choice, will indeed get Canon's attention.

Now, there is one condition I am placing on this offer. Anyone who starts or participates in a thread whining about how Canon isn't paying attention to them or is about to go bankrupt because their personal needs are not being attended to, I will deduct 10% of your deposit as an trolling tax.

Basically, you must put your money where your mouth is. This has the added advantage of demonstrating whether or not there is a demand for the features you find so significant.

I am willing to add accounts for other features, in case I'm missing any. By the way, it is 50,000 x $2,000 for each feature. As some of these features are contradictory, you cannot ask for more than one for each deposit.

If, after two years, any account has not reached the threshhold of 50,000 participants, I will refund the money minus a small handling fee.

Hah so we are supposed to get together and donate ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS to Canon to pay for their development and then they get all the profits and oh then we also need to put in another $3000+ at the end to actually get this body. right.

Anyway, sounds good. So give us your bank account routing and account number, post it here, and we will errrr 'donate'.

 

[scottkinfw]

Great Idea!
Post your name, phone number, home address, ss#, and personal bank account, along with your birthday, mother's maiden name, children''s names, wife's name and maiden name, along with all other personal information, and I will send off my check straight away.

Wait a moment, I'm quite happy right now.

Never mind.

Like the concept. Troll repellent.

sek

hey that's a fantastic idea!

oh wait... i absolutely love my 1Dx and M

 

[Antono Refa]

Complaints are the sound of inevitability, the best solutions are (a) cut & paste an appropriate answer, and (b) ignore.

E.g. there are plenty of products one company makes and the other doesn't. E.g. Canon has been making a 1-5x macro lens for 15 years, recently released an 8-15mm fisheye zoom lens, and AFAIK it's new tilt-shift lenses are better than Nikon's perspective control lens. Those examples don't prove Nikon is lagging, but rather that there isn't enough money in those markets for Nikon to compete with Canon.

 

[Don Haines]

If Canon were somehow able to poll every one of their users and publish the results, we would see that pretty much everyone is happy with the Canon options out there right now.

I am a happy camper.

I like my 60D. I should have gotten a 7D, but that's my fault, not Canons....

I will be happier when the 7D2 comes out.


BTW, I picked Canon over Nikon for three reasons. First was the ergonomics, second was the 70-200F4IS, and third was the 17-55F2.8. In other words, user interface and glass mattered far more to me than sensor and when the appropriate time comes, the body gets upgraded and I still have that great glass

 

[jwilbern]

If this somehow doesn't work, what brand of camera do you plan to spend your "small handling fee" on?

 

[AcutancePhotography]

Most likely less than 1% of Canon DSLR users frequent camera forums such as these. Even a smaller fraction of those people visit this site in particular. And even a smaller number of people post such crybaby topics.

That is well worth remembering to bring things in to perspective. If you go by forums on the Internets Tubes, every product ever made has "serious problems". ;D

I believe there is even a term that has been coined: The Internet Effect.

 

[dstppy]

Been thinking about this for awhile and decided I'd act on it.

If you are unhappy with Canon's perceived failure to offer (choose any of the following) high megapixel body, mirrorless full frame camera, more dynamic range, shadow detail) I propose the following:

Send me a check or Pay Pal me $2,000 as a deposit, telling me what feature you want improved.

I will deposit it in a special savings account and will not spend the money, except under the conditions I will list below.

After you and 50,000 of your like-minded friends have sent me these checks, I will forward the money to Canon as a deposit for them to use in developing the camera feature you want. It is no guarantee they will comply, but I suspect the fact that 50,000 people have demonstrated a willingness to place a $2,000 down payment on the camera of their choice, will indeed get Canon's attention.

Now, there is one condition I am placing on this offer. Anyone who starts or participates in a thread whining about how Canon isn't paying attention to them or is about to go bankrupt because their personal needs are not being attended to, I will deduct 10% of your deposit as an trolling tax.

Basically, you must put your money where your mouth is. This has the added advantage of demonstrating whether or not there is a demand for the features you find so significant.

I am willing to add accounts for other features, in case I'm missing any. By the way, it is 50,000 x $2,000 for each feature. As some of these features are contradictory, you cannot ask for more than one for each deposit.

If, after two years, any account has not reached the threshhold of 50,000 participants, I will refund the money minus a small handling fee.

I'm pretty sure I hold a Utility Patent on extorting money and/or penalizing trolls by way of threat, coercion, extortion and/or sarcasm.

I'll have to check my portfolio, but I'm sure we can work something out.

;D

 

[mackguyver]

Dear Sir Mr unfocus,

Kindly reply with your bank routing number, account number and anything else that the my parents, the King & Queen of Nigeria, can use to fund cause. We like to learn more about you as well, so kindly send Facebook profile and other personal info. We not scammers, we friends.

When Canon release 120MP, 40 stop DR camera for under $1,000, we thank you very much.

P.S. please don't check bank account for a while, may disturb money wire.

 

[Deleted member 91053]

Oh no! What do I do?
I don't have any complaints!

 

[BL]

Oh no! What do I do?
I don't have any complaints!

complain about not having any complaints? ???