neuroanatomist said:
fingerstein said:
I know a lot a people who are switching.. You might know too...
Anecdotes aren't data. The data — i.e., market share — render your anecdotes meaningless.
I know a lot of people who voted for Hillary Clinton. Yet POTUS is, embarrassingly, of the male gender.
sanj said:
I don't understand why Sony does not deserve credit for making full frame mirrorless way ahead of Canon and why can't we agree that lots of people are buying these cameras who would have bought Canon cameras if the Sony did not exist.
It is obvious that Canon is feeling the pressure why else would they be making mirrorless cameras??
It has been pointed out on this forum very strongly by a few that Canon is interested in only making money for the stock holders and not in producing technology that will help the cause of photography.
Sure, they do. Sony absolutely deserves credit for pioneering full frame mirrorless cameras. On the other hand, they deserve criticism for releasing products that are so unfinished that they must release revisions in less than 2 years for flagship cameras.
Canon's 5D, 5D2, 5D3, and 5DIV cameras all seem like pretty substantial leaps from the prior camera and each one feels like a solid, working professional's tool, at it's initial release.
Sony's A7, A7M2, A7M3 all feel like a work in progress. It feels like you're paying to be an early beta tester, with Mark 3 being the first one that is "almost ready for prime time".
If Canon's first professional full-frame mirrorless product works like a professional's tool, I'd rather buy that, than the 3-4 generations of Sony cameras to get there. If it's not, I will criticize the Canon models also. But for people who have extra disposable income and like being a part of the process of "getting there", I'm happy for them. For me, it would be like buying three to four flagship video cards before I could play my video game smoothly -- no thanks, I'll be patient and wait til stuff is ironed out.
I do get the counter-argument for real hobbyists who love their Sony's: "This is so cool, I'll put up with the bugs, limitations, and caveats." But for me, every Sony FF MILC up to A7R2 just got in the way of photography; every camera since A9 has been significantly better, and is the first that I would consider worth buying -- but they still feel unfinished.
I do not agree that people would be just blindly buying Canon cameras if Sony did not make MILCs. I think Sony is adding to the pie, which is a good thing. I mean, look: I'm happy with my Canon DSLRs. They're mature cameras that do everything I want. I don't
need another camera body, and I'm not eager to just spend $2,000 - $3,000 just to have another gadget.
Canon can keep iterating; it doesn't mean I'll necessarily buy a camera unless one of mine gets damaged or wears out, or unless the new one offers something I really want.