I'm in for the R50... Rationale?

RLight wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

RLight wrote:

If I were most people, the R8 would be on my short list. Don’t hear what I’m not saying… This is a 2nd camera, not a first.

Btw, a used R10 is a good value. I’m after ultimate portability and that twin lens combo seals the deal where it can’t be beat if you want the 55-210, which I do, and I don’t already have the 18-45, and want it, I do. The R8 is the star of the show, I’m just picking up Canons side thought that fit my need.

That’s what’s important here: Assessing your own needs and then picking the appropriate camera to fill that need. And Canon is giving us all sorts of choices!

Pardon my being blunt but the R50 seems to me like Canon conceding as I’m aware the R10 isn’t the seller they thought, or maybe it was…

I don’t think that’s it at all. The R10 is an amazingly capable camera in its own right, and is simply aimed at a different “demographic.”

What Canon is doing here is providing us with options that span the Entire Marketplace. Literally flooding it. And all of these cameras are tied together by the new library of RF lenses, and the game-changer which is DIGIC X (and all of the capabilities that this core technology gives to such a wide assortment of camera models). They’re all winners, to somebody here.

This hugely successful business model (of flooding the market with variations) has been applied by businesses of all types throughout history. One just needs to go to the grocery store to see it in action. Check the laundry detergent aisle, or soda pop, or cereal aisles. How about the exploding “sports drink” section?!

I think that we are each going to benefit from Canon’s business model here, as we make our individual choices (now and in the future). I feel that they (and we) are truly poised for success.

R2

Canons business saavy, but the R10 is hardly popular. I’ve been checking samples from it because it shares the same sensor, trust me the views aren’t there on Flickr like say the R7. Now there’s theories as to why, but I’m going to say the R7 has TONS more postings, and, TONS more views. I dunno. I think Canon was gunning for the Rebel demographic to your point, I just think that demographic has diminished. Now the M50 demographic? !! It’s still the best seller…

Oh yes, M50/R50 garners a LOT of popularity, no doubt.

R2