robblackett

I suppose it doesn't really alter the point you are trying to make but I think you'll find Volkswagen Group is No 1 and GM No 5. (Units. Global data 2017)

I'm afraid it looks like a failing shutter.  Probably best to get it into a Service Centre for professional help.

For Canon?

Did I say it was easy? The 28mm f/1.7 in the Leica Q for one. The user base is not necessarily always there. Already the user base is ageing and unless younger people start taking up photography ...

There, with those two lenses, you might be right but then sadly Sony have never been at the forefront of cutting edge lens design (mostly inherited from what was left of Minolta) which is why they ...

But New and Shiny is great! Especially to a certain type of consumer. And, speaking as a marketing person, how am I going to get the latest Bentley unless all you guys continue to contribute to my ...

Cost, space and demand. A high quality EVF is not as cheap as you might think and anyone to whom this idea might appeal is going to want a high quality EVF and not a cheap, mediocre one. Plus a ...

Not necessarily. You'd need the software correction in the body to go with the lens design. There would probably be little point in offering such a lens, or series of lenses with an existing lens ...

i think you may be misunderstanding quite what is being discussed. Of course a lens with no corrections could send a signal 'no correction required'. But that's not the point. Who, if you can get ...

? Please explain. Don't think they do.

It's not that they would "lock down their system" as you put it.  3rd party lenses could still be used but such lenses would have to be of the 'old type' i.e. relying on optical, rather than ...

There's absolutely no chance of that.  Just look at the respective market shares.

There is one scenario though which could cause 3rd party lens makers a bit of a headache. And that is if the camera manufacturers decide to go down the route of producing lenses that only work with ...

It might make more sense if you consider Canon's APS-C's line as appealing to two distinct market segments. First there is the casual or non-enthusiast user (not us generally) who largely buy the ...

Consider this though. Camera sales are flat or declining. So in order to stimulate sales it makes no sense at all for Canon to make a half hearted FF mirrorless . If they do that the people who ...

All I'm trying to point out is that the cost comparison is not quite as clear cut as some would have people believe, usually with no experience whatsoever of camera manufacturing. Yes but that set ...

I can't speak for Nikon, or the unfortunate situation with their recent warranty claim costs, but I do know that pentaprisms are not that expensive (and pentamirrors are even cheaper), nor are ...

Tolerances can easily add up to a value that is optically significant and rather larger than you imply. And that is before the added consideration of wear. Read this - ...

I think what you are more likely to see is the increased use of software fine tuning of lens output within the camera. Manufacturers realise as well as anyone else that highly corrected, superb ...