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Interesting difference in our perspectives, I took this interview to indicate that Canon admits mirrorless may actually catch up and that they are paying attention to it.
I took it that mirrorless could catch up to the lower end DLR's, maybe, possibly but not likely to reach that of the top end DSLR's.
Ok, what have you been trying to say?
"Oh, how bold you are, while boldly ignoring it".Ok, what have you been trying to say?
Especially when you don't offer them anything compelling.[Re: end of interview]
In other words, USA mirrorless users are a small, and hard to satisfy, group.
(Seinfeld Soup **** voice) No M3 for you!
well they couldn't easily and in a way that made sense as FD mount was mechanically coupled with a breach / lock mechanism which made life difficult - which is why they decided to roll the dice on the EF mount. however, there is less compelling reasons to switch mounts now then there was back then.
about the only thing the MILC "consortium" is leading is the path to getting out of the camera business altogether.WOW. That definitely sounds like Canon does NOT plan to lead, but rather follow. Let other manufacturers test where the demand may be.
That interview opened my eyes to Canon in a very negative way.
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from Canon's POV what they do makes perfect sense - just consider millions upon millions of the EF & EF-S lenses strong user base and their [d]SLR cams.
....fast, dynamic action shooting scenarios: the only larger sensored MILC so far (that is APS-C or FF) capable of even starting to compete on more or less equal footing with, say, 7d2 is Sammy's NX-1 a direct shootout can be found here. The Eos-M3 seems not to be even approximately close yet (so... how it can be a better tech???)
isn't that what photography is about? k get past the dpreview gearheads (us included) and they don't care as long as the camera works and the pictures look good .. probably NEVER print over 12x18. doubt most even print.If that's the case, I guess camera size and weight do not bother a lot of people. And they don't care if there's a mirror or pixie dust in there, as long as a good looking picture is taken when the button is pressed.about the only thing the MILC "consortium" is leading is the path to getting out of the camera business altogether.WOW. That definitely sounds like Canon does NOT plan to lead, but rather follow. Let other manufacturers test where the demand may be.
That interview opened my eyes to Canon in a very negative way.
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Fuji .. no real profits surrounding MILC's (their imaging group even states the majority of their sales are from sensor imaging and not cameras)
Sony - IP&S profits are from Professional Video, not from cameras.
Olympus may have created an "on paper" profit .. but has nearly 5 months of inventory in the chain to dump.
Meanwhile - canon and Nikon continue to drive over 75% of the ILC market with MILC's simply being like a small annoying poodle. makes a lot of noise, everything thinks it's cute, but at the end of the day - hardly anyone gets one.
every year, the EF mount becomes even more dominant in the market. over 40 million EF mount cameras, 110 million EF mount lenses. over 5 million EF mount cameras, and 10 million EF mount lenses per year.from Canon's POV what they do makes perfect sense - just consider millions upon millions of the EF & EF-S lenses strong user base and their [d]SLR cams.
The Eos-M makes for a hardly visible, tiny dot on that landscape
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