Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

[emko]

Re: Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

I wish i could see what Canon has in R&D ,i really think they have something very advanced but they want to milk small updates on each camera release at one point they will run out of what to update and finally give us a intervalometer in camera

 

[sanj]

Re: Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

A 7D2 would give a shot in the arm. Possibly

 

[CarlTN]

Re: Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

Well if Canon bring a full frame mirrorless camera in 2014, and it does not have major innovation, I will be disappointed. I don't think we need an "EOS M full frame". I would prefer to see a new studio 1 series (or 3 series!) with a high performing new sensor. Would it sell well? I don't know. It might be just what studio and fashion shooters have been asking for, especially those that gave up on Canon and started using the D800. Wedding pros might want it, but they're pretty happy with the 5D3.

 

[sdsr]

Re: Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

I agree with the general vibe here... Canon hasn't given a reason to buy their cameras. The only camera REALLY worth buying was the 1DX. The 5DMKIII was a marginal upgrade. Many people said if you owned a 5DMKII, you may not need the upgrade. Only Wedding photographers would really want upgrade their 5D's... The new Rebel and SL1 are cool. But that's it in the DSLR.

With the new Nikon D800S on the horizon and some of the Sony mirrorless cameras, Canon really needs to get their act together. Fuji mirrorless is quite amazing as well. All the news and cool and new news is coming from these guys.

That Nikon D800S has me salivating....

I get your general point - which is in part why I own an Olympus OM-D and Sony A7r in addition to Canon stuff - but your opening sentence surely only applies to the sort of picky consumer who reads sites like this. Canon makes the cheapest DSLRs out there, and they're significantly cheaper than the best mirrorless cameras (a Rebel kit is cheaper than just about any decent mirrorless body with no lens attached); the same is true for Nikon's entry level dslrs. Presumably that's why they're ubiquitous (in the time since I've bought my OM-D a year ago I think I've seen someone carrying one twice; I saw someone using a Fuji Xsomething for the first time last week). Such reasons may not matter much to those who read canon/nikonrumors, but it still seems to be a pretty powerful reason and allows Canon and Nikon to carry on being boring. I've no idea how long they'll be able to continue doing so, but so far the announcements we keep reading online that the dslr is all but dead seem either a tad premature or to confuse what ought to be with what is.

It could well be that stand-alone cameras will end up being niche products as smartphone cameras continue to improve (just as it's become hard to find a CD player that does nothing more than play CDs). It doesn't seem unlikely that the overwhelming use to which photos are put is illustrating posts on facebook etc; and cellphone photos are good enough for that and, perhaps even more important, they're small and always with you. I know more than a few people who have asked my advice on what camera to buy for whom the single most important characteristic of a camera is that it be tiny; the fact that it will almost certainly take worse photos doesn't matter - and for them it probably doesn't matter because they'll never view them in a context where the differences are obvious.

 

[Skulker]

Re: Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

I agree with the general vibe here... Canon hasn't given a reason to buy their cameras. The only camera REALLY worth buying was the 1DX. The 5DMKIII was a marginal upgrade. Many people said if you owned a 5DMKII, you may not need the upgrade. Only Wedding photographers would really want upgrade their 5D's... The new Rebel and SL1 are cool. But that's it in the DSLR.

With the new Nikon D800S on the horizon and some of the Sony mirrorless cameras, Canon really needs to get their act together. Fuji mirrorless is quite amazing as well. All the news and cool and new news is coming from these guys.

That Nikon D800S has me salivating....

well I am very happy to have got a 5D3, it's a great second body to my 1Dx. So I'm happy and I guess canon are happy to have sold then.

If your so worked up about how fantastic the Nikon is you should get one. Hopefully that will make you happy, and Nikon need all the sales they can get.