Recently escaped from the dpr comments section?Useless. I was looking to buy a 2nd hand EOS R for hobby photos, but given the lack of 3rd party affordable lens options, I will go to Sony A7III.
Unbelievably dumb decision by Canon to push people away from their system. And then they wonder why Sony gains market share)
Yep, the two most important things to consider when buying gear, are the sensor and the lens. Get the best sensor and the best lenses that you can afford. They (and the firmware) are what determines the image quality. Everything else is there just to make the process of taking photographs easier and more enjoyable.
To support a camera, Canon needs parts. CFast didn't catch, so Canon might have a hard time outsourcing memory slots. Canon seems to be settling on 24MP sensors, e.g. R3 and R6mkII, so it might be easier to keep on manufacturing the 80D's 24MP sensor than the 1DX II's 20.1MP sensor.
I always shake my head when I read a post like this. Sony love plain and simple. Go get your Sony - nobody here will care. We will just shake our heads because, not only does Canon have some nice inexpensive lenses for the RF mount (better for their price consumer lenses than Sony) but you choose to ignore the fact that you can get used PRO quality EF lenses, cheaper than 3rd party lenses, for your R system camera right now.Useless. I was looking to buy a 2nd hand EOS R for hobby photos, but given the lack of 3rd party affordable lens options, I will go to Sony A7III.
Unbelievably dumb decision by Canon to push people away from their system. And then they wonder why Sony gains market share
Maybe because folks buying more inexpensive cameras like the 80D are more casual users than a pro photographer, and likely to hold on to their cameras until they no longer work - maybe 10-12 years if they are lucky. Pros or high-end enthusiasts who bought the 1DX II will have already probably gone well past their expected shutter count and have probably already upgraded. That's my reasoning anyway.
What I meant was buy the latest Mark of the R5 at the time of malfunction.
Economies of scale are a real factor, so with all manufacturers you tend to see the same (or tweaked) sensors used in multiple bodies. Not always the case but that's the norm. There's nothing magic about the 24 number though. And FF sensors are very different from APS-C sensors, even if they are both 24mp.
Yes, but I think that's more due to the fact that the owners of high-end bodies tend to have a bigger lens arsenal than owners of low-end bodies. Lenses are "stickier" than bodies
If a bot, then I wonder who is behind it. Would Sony think that bots are a good marketing strategy? Or maybe just zealots promoting their own (unknown) agenda?
You are only partially right. I would now like to have the choice that SONY owners have and buy a Tamron 35-150 for situations where I don't want to lug around a case full of primes.
That choice comes at the cost of Sony not allowing 3rd party lenses to work properly, like artificially limiting the drive speed. It's sadly not surprising that the online camera outrage machine never mentions that.
If it worked the same as, for example, the SIGMA ART 20 or 105 (EF) on the Canon R body, that would be enough for me.
I'm not a teenager to fight over a brand of camera.
As a user, I would just like it if Canon allowed third parties to make RF lenses. But I understand why he didn't.
But Canon does allow 3rd parties to make RF lenses, just look at the 20+ different RF lenses Laowa produces. @Czardoom can copy/paste his longer response about how people should stop regurgitating disinformationI'm not a teenager to fight over a brand of camera.
