JS5 said:
Dear Canon...
I wish I could say that the new 50 1.4 mm lens was my favorite product of the year. But you won't release it, do you know that you look pretty silly not re-introducing an almost 20 year old lens. Aren't your bosses mad ?
Just keep wondering about all the useless consumer crap you guys put out there... it is baffling, it is mysterious, it is almost funny and it is certainly annoying.
I know the amateur-pro nerds in this forum will probably knock my post down because they are too busy researching bull@*#$ on line about sensors and coatings and some other techy BS, and that is fine but we are busy shooting and working not going from shop to shop to try the new canon versus tokina or whatever.
What we ( working full time photographers ) care about is sharp tools not techy talk.
So dear Canon, I love you but you really make me mad.
Sincerely
JS5
Let me tell you something about pro photographers.....
We use what works..... and yes, sometimes we use gear that is getting long in the tooth.... Yes, we spend our working hours shooting, not with what some marketing executive deems as "pro gear", but with what does the job and is cost effective. How can you call yourself a pro and then dis "useless consumer crap"? A real photographer uses the right tool for the job and just because something is low cost does not mean that there is no place for it. Is a GoPro consumer crap? Why do formula one teams, with multi-million dollar budgets and dedicated photographers/videographers use them? It is because sometimes it is the right tool for the job!
After we do paid shoots, we have a life..... and for some of us that life involves obsessing about techy stuff, or even taking cat pictures because we want to. (I have never been paid for cat photography) Some of us place the "real gear" into a storage cabinet, go home, and shoot for fun with P/S cameras and even (GASP!) phones!!!! Don't insult people who have made different choices than yours, it only hurts you....
And by the way, I placed an order for some more camera gear this week... a 6D and a 50F1.4.....BECAUSE THAT IS THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB AT A REASONABLE PRICE!