W...what's wrong with criticizing a manufacturer's shortcomings?
Even if it's not the end of Canon, even if the 1DC is a great camera (for the price of a car).
I... don't assume many would still pick a 5D Mark3 over a GH4 when the former looks "out of focus" in all image quality comparisons.
The 5Ds became a standard in enthusiast videography because they were good at the time for a fairly affordable price.
Now Canon is more or less dead (in terms of exciting new things) in that same segment (No...not talking about the 12.000$ segment).
Why would you not state that from the top of your lungs?
By now I doubt Canon listen to criticism, but some companies sometimes do.
Sometimes a (mass) critical train of thought can sway a company towards improvement.
Why would you bring strawman arguments to defend the company? Yes, bash the living shit out of them, bash the living shit out of everyone if there's ever a reason, because that's the only way you might see improvement. Ever.
Canon's shortcomings in the lower price segment are factual.
And I really don't think Canon make their money out of 1DCs.
And the average enthusiast can have a fairly strong influence in what the "masses" adopt with somewhat of a delay if their go-to company isn't really doing anything.
Do you think the mass consumer doesn't hear 4K at least three times a week?
Of course he does.
And of course it's working. It's just working slowly.
A parallel was (jokingly?) drawn in this thread between Canon and Nokia.
Good parallel.
I don't think Canon are gonna become irrelevant anytime soon, but they are stagnating ferociously and I really can't see why anyone would chose to say "Yea, but..." in the face of that.
Why be content?
Nobody's ever gained anything from being content.
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