Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok I see they market this APS-C - the step-up architecture compact called an EOS M for 700 bucks. And have chosen to think of that as the biggest sensor anybody is ever going to need in a compact camera. That's their high end quality compact which no one is buying in any of four colors. Entrenched Bourgeois marketing. They need to fire somebody and show us come class. On 2/2/13 7:14 PM, "Mark William Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > It appears that Canons marketing department can not absorb the idea of a > compact point and shoot camera priced as a full frame quality DSLR and > would > perhaps like to continue claiming that their Powershots priced at one and > two hundred bucks give you all the quality you'd ever need. > There's no question that a full frame compact even though it would be in > the > long run priced far below three grand even if its below two grand is going > to appeal to a niche "gentleman's photographer" market like the Olympus XA > and Rollei 35 did. And the Contax T3 did and the Nikon with the roman > numerals on top . And Minox 35mm. What was Canons entry at the time I > think > there was none. So nothings changed. Apparently there is an entrenched > bureaucracy in that company. Its a company I've seemed to have avoided ever > doing any biasness with. I've used the Olympus XA and XA2 and the Rollei > 35. > Mainstream Nikons. All kinds of camera companies from all over never a > Canon. Coincidence mainly. > > > On 2/2/13 2:45 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > >> <http://www.dpreview.com/articles/0336328811/cp-2013-interview-with-canons-ma>> s >> aya-maeda> >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/