Maybe I missed something. And certainly there's a lot of people in here far more knowledgable than I on the subject... but do we know what the productions figures were for the two body variations? Do we even know what the ratios were? 5DS vs 5DSR?
Let's say there were (all made up numbers for the sake of academic argument):
1000 5DS & 250 5DSR units produced.
There were 750 pre orders for each.
Ergo, there is a glut of 5DS at present but a backlog (and there obviously IS a backlog) of 5DSR.
This doesn't mean the line was a failure. It simply means Canon obviously misjudged the demand based on variation. We don't have enough information to render an informed verdict at this point. I'd be happy to eat my hat if someone can share hard numbers!
We debate the decision of Canon to yield two models the same as Nikon did, but that alone doesn't make the release a dud. It seems obvious to me based on prevalent anecdotal evidence (the backlogs) that Canon is presently ramping UP 5DSR production vs 5DS
Let's say there were (all made up numbers for the sake of academic argument):
1000 5DS & 250 5DSR units produced.
There were 750 pre orders for each.
Ergo, there is a glut of 5DS at present but a backlog (and there obviously IS a backlog) of 5DSR.
This doesn't mean the line was a failure. It simply means Canon obviously misjudged the demand based on variation. We don't have enough information to render an informed verdict at this point. I'd be happy to eat my hat if someone can share hard numbers!
We debate the decision of Canon to yield two models the same as Nikon did, but that alone doesn't make the release a dud. It seems obvious to me based on prevalent anecdotal evidence (the backlogs) that Canon is presently ramping UP 5DSR production vs 5DS
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