If you want to reply to my points, please do so in a courteous manner, by replying to the post I made and not shouting at me in a new subject line. If you just lost credibility with me, Canon are unlikely to take much notice.
Yes, there are plenty of posts like this one but the biggest
difference is that both D70 and 1D Mk II are out. Therefore, we are
in a better position to see what the future holds for our newly
acquied $999 camera.
No. You bought the camera on the day you did and at that point in time, it presumably met your needs - if it didn't, it's your mistake, live with it. Any high end technology market is constantly in flux and development, it's when manufacturers of the calibre of Nikon and Canon stop developing new products to stretch the market and the technology that we want to worry. There is always going to be a new model surfacing with better features - it will happen to every model that ever goes on sale - as soon as it does, you can guarantee that their direct competitiors will obtain one and rip it to pieces and adjust their market strategy accordingly. Because new models come onto the market with better featuresets and bigger sensors and a nicer body colour, it doesn't make the one you have stop taking great pictures. Whatever it was capable of last week, it will still be capable of in a year. I bought the Fuji 2800 about three years ago and it's still sitting on my desk here with batteries in and it gets used every week, as does my 602. The 2800 has been well surpassed in its niche by now, but it still takes great pictures and fulfils the need I bought it for.
And we are definitely in dire strait.
Again with the 'we'. I'm not, I'm ticking along with my Rebel quite nicely thank you. Please do not generalise and take on the mantra of speaking for everyone. You don't.
D70 is certainly more feature-rich than 300D.
And it will hit the market many months later - I'd expect it to be. I'd think pretty poorly of Nikon if it weren't. If you're more impressed with the D70 features, stick your 300D on eBay and buy they Nikon. It really is that simple.
And 1D Mk II doesn't support EF-S (our kit lens may be a one-hit
wonder that value nothing more than dirt after couple of years).
I don't think Canon led us to believe it would be anything else. It's a unique fitting for the 300D and for the price it added to the kit, gave a good starting piece of glass with a good and usable zoom range for camera use out of the box for those that didn't have any Canon glass already, like me. I hardly ever use mine, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I have on hand a cheap wide angle lens for the once in a while I use one.
All in all, it's hard for a DR user like me feeling short-changed
by Canon. And the last thing you want is for them to drop the price
or roll out a new model in 6-months.....
Join the real world for goodness sake. It is going to happen with every piece of technology you ever buy - there will ALWAYS be a new model coming out - I'd be prepared to bet that when the 300D was in devlopment, Canon already knew where they'd want to be in 5 years time, how many models they're likely to release and the feaures they hope to develop and the price points they aim to secure. I even bought a LowePro camera bag just before Christmas when it was reduced, it was exactly what I wanted and they only had one. A week later they'd got some more, put them in the sale at half what I paid for it. That's life, get over it, move on.
That's why I call up everyone to show Canon that its users are not
happy and we are, after all, the people who pay for their kid's
university fees...
Oh give it a rest, you sound like a 12 year old. Again, you do not speak for me. I am a happy Canon user. I am old enough to know that as soon as I bought the 300D, the next models were already well along in their development and would hit the counters soon and they'd have features I'd fancy - I still wanted it and at that point it met my needs and I was happy and still am, to use it.
Even if Canon didn't give us the firmware, if they change their
business practice (ie. no crippling but honest limitation), this
petition is deemed to be a successful one!
The word crippling is really starting to get my goat. If you thought the features on the 300D were crippling, why the hell did you buy it then!! Sell it on eBay and buy the Nikon as soon as it's out, if it has the features you want.
I would have been more impressed if you'd actually replied to my post and addressed the specific points I made, instead of launching into another anti-Canon tirade.
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