Are you fed up with the ever increasing cost of Canon gear?

Nimonus wrote:

tkbslc wrote:

Nimonus wrote:

I was told to shut up and my post was deleted when I talked about overpriced RF lens.

I want to say again, there have no new optical theory had been invented in last 200 years,

that’s probably the least logical argument I have ever heard. Are you actually trying to imply that lenses from 200 years ago are same as they are today? Or that new lenses have to alter optical laws? Or what is your point?

and RF lens is downgrade of EF lens, such as external zoom, NANO USM, plastic frame, no more fluorite glass (except a few). RF lens should be (great) cheaper than its EF opponents.

Mirrorless camera had been overpriced by a bad role model, the Walkman manufacturer. They were at the stage of bankruptcy decade ago and a lot of cash were needed to survive when the imaging business were their last ring buoy.

How can they sold a camera at bloody higher price after removed a pricey parts (mirror box) away from the camera and only the cheap PCB left?

What I talk is simply true facts and will benefit we users if manufacturer reviews their pricing policy after put it in consideration of all the facts.

Now the camera industries are trapped in the death loop.

Shrinking market -> less mass production -> higher price -> less orders -> Shrinking market

Razer sharp and awesome contrast photo taken around 1920

You have to educate yourself, each lens follows the theories ruled by physics.

and cars follow the laws of aerodynamics and inertia.   Model T and Mustang are a bit different in performance, no?

Physics tells us how light will move through a theoretically perfect lens, and how focus and DOF will be controlled.  But Lens elements are manmade.  There is no perfect lens element.   Every lens design is a continued refinement of manufacturing processes and design to get the light to come out the other end with as few aberrations as possible, while balancing cost and size/weight.    Those things are definitely not the same as they were even 20 years ago.

The improvements of general camera lens are as far less than advertised and you imagined.

You’d only say that if you have never used any older lenses.   Maybe they haven’t improved much since 2010, but vs 1920 or eve 1990? Cmon man you can’t be serious

Any extra money paid on new lens, are the money you paid for piano painting on speakers. Nothing to do with functioning, just for fun and extra charge only.

You keep making easily refutable claims.   It is so easy to find clear examples of lens improvement over relatively short periods that I’m not even going to bother making a list.