SW Anderson wrote:
I just think Canon looked out across a photographic world in which there was this incredibly large buildup of EF and EF-S mount cameras and lenses, and shuddered. Really good cameras with plenty of life left in them. Terrific lenses in good to excellent shape. There was (is) this gargantuan inventory of great stuff, and it was (is) going at disturbingly modest prices. Cheap because there was a glut. Cheap because not everyone has to have the latest and greatest in pure unused form.
And, with any of its new stuff, Canon would have to compete with all that good, used stuff for a long time to come.
So, with semi-pro and nonpro enthusiasts who were not defecting to smartphone photography — a dwindling demographic — Canon had to compete with all that massive backlog of really good stuff at really low prices. How? With mind-blowing new features? Those mean higher prices. With new designs at lower prices? Unthinkable!
What was required from Canon's point of view was a managed march toward full frame, something dreamed of for some time.
agree - RF was marching toward FF
And all along that road, new mounts, new gla$$! Oh sure, mount adapters would have to be made available. The cool kids would soon tire of the added size, weight and clunkiness, leading the way toward the full new full-frame mount experience. An experience kicked up several notches pricewise to where four-figure sums are de rigeur.
As for the M's, the original M was an embarrassment that drew dismal reviews because of pokiness in shot-shot and focus time. Nice, small form factor, terrific Canon color, but for all of that a hopeless slug. Obviously, designed with great care to not risk the sale of even one Canon entry-level DSLR ever. What amazes me is that,
maybe being stung by embarrassment,
agree - it took the m6II to get me interested
but I think they now rue the day that they went this far with it
Canon, if only slowly, decided to develop the M line in to a great series for non-pro or semi-pro enthusiasts.
The decision to let go of its very long and illustrious run with SLRs/DSLRs had to be painful. But, if that had to be, the M series had to go, too. Toss the lesser players (er, payers) a slightly less pricey APSC bone or two, just so they start buying the new R-mount gla$$.
sad - the RF-s glass will not be developed to capability
Just my observation, for better or worse. Food for thought, whether you agree or not.
you made fair points