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Joo Prates
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The 700D is a marketing product... I bought a 650 D four months ago and the swivel-and-tilt screen is peeling, and I have only taken studio pictures and a few in the field... I have a 400D for years, and is impeccable. Canon launched 650D full of problems and using cheap quality materials; a camera that cost 750 €, is not cheap and compared to the 400D looks like a plastic toy ... I have been a Canon customer for years, but if I can sell my Canon lenses, I’ll go for Nikon and I advise those who are considering to buy a SLRD, to compare similar cameras and feel the differences. In high-end products Canon cameras are excellent... with entry or mid level cameras, Canon wants to make money and face competition, using cheap materials. It’s my opinion and I’m very disappointed with Canon.
Dear DPReview,
Suggestion: how about a different colour, other than black, in Richard Buttler clothes; in the video, a black camera with a black blackground? it's just a suggestion. JP
Joo Prates: The problem is the greed of big companies that cut costs, by using bad material, to make more money. It is incomprehensible that a company like Canon put defective, or in this case, dangerous products on the market. Perhaps they transferred people from quality control to costs control. I am a Canon customer for years but I think is inadmissible the use of bad materials in such products, to save a few cents. And it is true that these problems are happening more and more, because the millions in profits are not enough…
"wash your hands with water if they have come in contact with the rubber grip"...it seems that to grab a camera is like playing with poisonous substances. whatch out ! wash your hands.
Yes I make mistakes, everybody that works, makes mistakes. But a company like Canon should have product control and testing, to avoid and correct this mistakes before launching defective products in the market, what is bad for the company and for the clients. And as a client, I don't have to know the manufacturing processes, I don't have to worry about that. We are spreaking about a company with decades of experience in making cameras, and not a new company in the market. This is not political criticism, but just a fact.
Some last words to comment your last paragraph: opinion, freedom of expression and democracy…
The problem is the greed of big companies that cut costs, by using bad material, to make more money. It is incomprehensible that a company like Canon put defective, or in this case, dangerous products on the market. Perhaps they transferred people from quality control to costs control. I am a Canon customer for years but I think is inadmissible the use of bad materials in such products, to save a few cents. And it is true that these problems are happening more and more, because the millions in profits are not enough…
"wash your hands with water if they have come in contact with the rubber grip"...it seems that to grab a camera is like playing with poisonous substances. whatch out ! wash your hands.