John, you are making a storm in a cup of tea. My gear is Canon based and the door issue never bothered me. Why? because I never open the card door unless it is necessary and so does every photographer. At the same rate I never opened a file camera back because of the same reason.
On the other hand, if this is the only argument you could dig out about Canon cameras than they are really not so bad as you think.
When one's sole purpose is to bash a camera or behave like a troll as you like to dscribe it sometimes, then every argument can make part of the game and become a "major engineering catastrophe" for every feature, in every camera including your beloved A900, with lousy low light performance and extreme difficulties to set the ISO value as you have complained about, which btw, with a Canon or Nikon dSLR is a piece of cake.
See how silly that sounds? exactly like your door issue. So lets try and stay practical because trolling won't get us anywhere.
I repeat again, unlike what you said, Nikon and canon do listen very carefully to what photographers has to say, much more than Sony and this is a fact, weather you like it or not and taht is probably one of the reasons wby pros prefer to work with them and not with Sony.
It has no effect on the operation of the camera. Neither does opening the battery door affect any Sony camera.
Good for you, completely unimportant for me.
Only in Canon Cameras, Moti. It's clear, here, that your definition of what a camera is, has Canon in it.
again for trolling I find this argument good enough.
It is an embarrassing admission on Canon's part, that they haven't got a clue how to construct an electronic device.
And yet, most pros in the world prefer them over Sony... is this because they haven't got a clue how to construct an electronic device?
Moti, if you leave your lens cap on, you can't take a photo.
Yes you can. If you would have come from film age and had the experience of shooting with an RF camera such as Leica for example, you'd know that this was one of the common mistakes every photographer could do, because there was no indication to warn you about it. So what, is it a "terrible fault in engineering" probably yes if you are a troll.
But if you take your lens cap off, and you are using a Canon camera, there's a good chance that some design flaw will cause you to lose your shot.
Funny, I am using a Canon camera and never lost a photo because of that door. I lost however many photos with my R1 because of it's extremely slow reaction...
Living with it... is an admission on your part that it is a flaw. We don't live with features of a camera, we have to learn to live with flaws.
No. For me, living with it means knowing your camera and using it in a good way. Every camera has its pros and cons and lots of compromises and like anything else in life, even marriage, one should knows how to appreciate the pros and to live with the cons.
For example, one of the cameras I liked the most is the F828 even though it had a "terrible fault in engineering" ie horrible PF as you know. I don't remember any other camera here that made such a great food for trolls as this one. I bought the 828 in spite of the bad opinions and once I found the solution and learned how to get around the issue, it worked fantastically and I enjoyed it very much. Of course, I could join the rant club as you did but that's not my style.
Maybe, but it's much more likely that Canon is an arrogant leader in DSLR sales who think that they can give their customers any crap at all, and force them to live with stupid electronic booby traps in their cameras, because they really don't care about what reviewers and users tell them, year after year.
John, no one forces you to buy cr@p. it is your own choice and responsibility. If you do it, you are the only one to blame, not those that produce it.
I know that I'm not a photographer in your eyes, Moti.
As much as you like to ride on that horse John, that was a general remark and was not particular meant for you or your photography skills.
In your eyes, a photographer has to use a Canon camera.
No, in my eyes, a photographer is someone who knows very well his tools and learns how to live with flaws as opposed to a troll who prefers to complain about them instead and above all, a photographer would never blame his camera when something gets wrong.
I'm not complaining about this issue, however. This has never been an issue for me on any of my Sony cameras, or on the Fuji camera that was given to me. Canon users complained about this, but Canon never listened. I can see that you agree with Canon.
John, it has nothing to do with agreeing. I am trying to feed my family with my photography and I'm very happy with what I have even if it has a Canon label and it suffers from all kinds of terrible engineering problems. Complaining was never my national sport as it is for others here.
Cheers
Moti
