neuroanatomist said:
Please try to understand… It's not that people are "anti-dual card slot" or "anti-DR". There's an opportunity cost to the addition of any feature. There's no free lunch. What you deem as something critical may not be the case for everyone. You can repeat your mantra until you're blue in the face, it won't change what Canon decides to do.
Judging by the posts, arguments and tone in this thread - I can't help but come across with the impression that people do have something against dual card slot. Or at the very least, these are Canon zealots who come out to defend against any criticism of Canon.
Why? What is Canon to them? Is it their family member? This is a corporation that makes products it tries to sell. As a consumer, I'm out for my best interests which is to get the most value for my dollar - and part of that is comparing features dollar for dollar.
When others don't seem to care at all about this, and even get quite animated about any calling out of Canon - it leads people to wonder if they have any stake in this? Hence, some of the suspicions that there are Canon paid shills in here. But no sense in discussing that as there is no evidence.
The other explanation is just blind, fanatical fan-boys that see no wrong in their brand. We see this in everything, Ford vs Chevy etcetera.
People will value different features. This is a main theme argument in this thread. Different features, different value to different people.
Great! Wonderful.
However, Nikon offers all those features, all together in a camera for less money.
Thus, even that argument is invalid. It's an either/or argument. You're either going to get wifi or you're going to get dual slots for example. Total nonsense.
Canon will do whatever it wants. I will vote with my dollars, and NOT buy the 6D2 unless it has two card slots. Maybe Canon doesn't care? Wonderful. If they can make up the loss of my sale, by getting others to buy on other features that were allegedly added at the expense of two slots (see the either/or argument made above) - that is good for them. Too bad though, that the people who buy for the other features allegedly added and provided at the expense of dual slots are being ripped off, because they could have and should have had that feature provided by Canon for what they are paying based on what the competition is offering. But that is their choice. People can see value in whatever they want - it doesn't mean that is the maximum value they can get.
So let us finally, once and for all dispense with the false theory that the reason Canon doesn't add a dual card slot is because it is some big R&D, and manufacturing expense.
I do want to point something out -
Criticism is a good thing. It helps progress. If everyone got a gold star - what would this world come to? Would there be any innovation if everything were A+ for Canon?
There is a big difference between a hater/troll and someone using sound logic and facts to present very reasonable arguments in favor of something. I'm not some hater or troll coming here to just bash Canon. I don't feel as though anything I've said is out of line. I feel what I've said is normal, standard consumer type opinions based on consumer reasoning. No brand loyalty, no brand hate. No anti-brand agenda. None of that. Canon, overall, is still a superior platform to Nikon. They just aren't giving us as high of a value bodies as they can, and for no other reason but to try and up-sell people committed to the system with lots of glass.
Just to be clear.
I've laid out just about everything that can possibly be said in favor of dual card slots. I've pointed out all possible reasonings why Canon didn't include. I've answered every anti-dual card slot argument in this thread. I've debunked every illogical statement made by Canon apologists.
Canon will likely not include. I will not buy. Done.
Now -- I hope this thread can get back on track to the rest of the rumored features.
Thanks everyone.
