Canon sells lenses.The competitors just want to attach their lenses to Canon cameras.
Those are their competitors.
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Canon sells lenses.The competitors just want to attach their lenses to Canon cameras.
Is it you wanting to have the last word or is it you ignoring my statements - whatever...Point and shoot sales were never close to what smartphones sales are today.
If we include mobile phones then camera sales are higher than they have ever been.
Not to mention tablets and laptops.
A low price, entry market Rebel/Kiss/Rx000 seems to be a no-brainer to me.
How else should Canon gain new customers?
It seems a lot easier to just contact Canon directly.I think it's likely that Canon will get to hear about *common* criticisms or suggestions made here.
Canon has told us that about 40% of it's camera sales are DSLRs and 30% are M cameras. Since there haven't been any new DSLRs in a few years, this likely means the vast majority of those sales are Rebels (plus any check of Amazon sales over the past year or more tells us this as well). The M50 and M50 II are also top sellers and probably make up the vast majority of M camera sales. In other words, probably somewhere around 50%-65% of Canon cameras sold are to the "absolutely dead" entry level market. Apparently Canon does research this. Maximilian, on the other hand, did not.A low price, entry market Rebel/Kiss/Rx000 seems to be a no-brainer to me.
How else should Canon gain new customers?
(except for the fact, that this market segment is absolutely dead and shifted over to cells. But this is something Canon should have researched)
Personally, I would like to see a similar naming in all regions of the world (as a European, I'd prefer the Rx000 naming ).
Aside from the fact that you can use all the EF and EF-S lenses made by Canon, Sigma, Tamron and others. But why bother with reality when trying to make a point?... Lastly, RFS has essentially the WORST / LEAST lenses on the market. Just terrible.
Man i got popcorn for this one. LOTS of popcorn.
Yo!Apparently Canon does research this. Maximilian, on the other hand, did not.
Please, don't distract @Skyscraperfan with simple facts. He's far too busy trying to keep his balance on that soapbox.Canon sells lenses.
Those are their competitors.
Indeed.Then you will be stuck with Canon lenses even if they do bring third parties on board.
Canon uses patents the same as most other large companies - ie to protect the IP which gives rise to their profits. Competitors can (and a number do) design lenses that attach to the RF mount - they just can't (from the little that has been made public) use Canon software to add extra functionality. So those lenses are largely 'manual'. But they can still be 'attached' to RF mount bodies.The problem is that they are not only enforcing those patents against their competitors, but also against their customers. It's not that a competitor copied their cameras. The competitors just want to attach their lenses to Canon cameras. The competitors did not choose the RF mount. They just do not have any other option than to use the RF mount, if they want to attach their lenses to Canon cameras. That's why it is so problematic, if Canon uses patents to prevent that.
There are so many options, so I'm still experimenting with an entire control scheme overhaul.What does everyone use the control ring for once you have ISO/shutter/aperture already available?
How about an R7 body, 18-150 lens and EL-100 strobe?As for myself I took the EOS RP with the 24-105 f4-7.1mm and 50mm f1.8, and even that got very heavy after a day of walking around the cities. It will be interesting to see what Canon can make for this segment in RF mount.
Of all the terrible car analogies that have been used on this site over the years, this has got to be one of the worst. A radio is an accessory, completely unnecessary for driving a car. If Canon were preventing third-party camera strap makers from attaching their straps to Canon bodies, you would have a point. But, with lenses? No.It reminds me of car radios...
We also need to consider different markets/regions. Some countries have much lower average salaries and what would be considered a professional camera in them. In the end, it is the result that counts. We/models etc can be snobbish but we need to consider that phones can be much more expensive than entry level ILCs plus you can do basic adjustments in-phone and publish quickly especially if it is only for online work. The business economics work out in this case.And are they regular users or novice photographers? Try to start taking pictures of models with a mobile phone or a camera in your twenties and you will know that the camera has a purpose.
We Australians use a wide variety of bodies and there is a very active prosumer group of usersI recently returned from a holiday to Australia, and the few people I saw cameras were either EOS 100 or 1000 series Rebels, Sony A6000 series cameras, or DJI Osmo-style vlogging kits. Shout out to the one dude with a Fujifilm medium format camera and another other guy with an entire Canon 5D setup.
There is still a market for entry level cameras, even though it's shrinking.
As for myself I took the EOS RP with the 24-105 f4-7.1mm and 50mm f1.8, and even that got very heavy after a day of walking around the cities. It will be interesting to see what Canon can make for this segment in RF mount.
Fascinating... does this alleviate dual back button focus ie can you restrict it to switching between eye-AF and single point?I've configured mine for the AF method selection, but I cannot say that I use it often.
Well, you can see the reactions to "evil" in the previous comments. Ascribing emotions to corporations can be fraught.Maybe it is not in Canon's best interest, but it is quite an evil move against its own customers.
As someone who has both a R5 and R7, I can tell you the £2000 combination of an R7 and RF 100-400mm weighing just over 1 kg has very close IQ and reach to a £7000 combo of an R5 and RF 100-500mm coming in at over 2 kg.
On trips with family I take two kits. One is EOS M based (currently the M6II, and while I have the full set of EF-M lenses, the travel set is the M11-22, M18-150, and M22/2). That kit fits in a Think Tank Mirrorless Mover 20, but more commonly I use a small LowePro TLZ that is a tight fit for the body + 18-150, and the other lenses go in little DashPoint 20/30 cases all in a regular backpack with other stuff.As for myself I took the EOS RP with the 24-105 f4-7.1mm and 50mm f1.8, and even that got very heavy after a day of walking around the cities. It will be interesting to see what Canon can make for this segment in RF mount.