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Originally Posted by GeoffWessex
people look at you oddly if your camera is a different make... (I sometimes wonder whether they're thinking, "Oh, that's different - he must know his cameras" or "Oh, that's different, he probably doesn't know his cameras")
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Yeah, you see that here as well. I must admit I'm firmly in the "oh, someone who hasn't just bought the first thing they saw" camp.
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Originally Posted by HinFrance
As for lots of camera models to chose from, I think that latterly the three main players actually have too much choice available. Canon, in particular seem to be on a mindless treadmill of releasing new models even if they are essentially the same as the previous ones.
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I agree with this. I've ranted about this on these pages
ad nauseum - especially with Sony. Far too many cameras. It's the same with car manufacturers trying to invent a "new" niche for a model.
Thing is, though, that regardless of what I think - people are buying Sony cameras! You get choice. People love the right amount of choice (the right amount being very very very important) because it lets them feel like they're getting something designed just for them. It fits their needs perfectly. Almost like it's tailored.
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Originally Posted by HinFrance
As a Pentax user man and boy, I am now at the point where I am seriously considering switching to Cankon. But I haven't done it yet  |
I started out (digitally) with an Olympus E-510 and the only reason I didn't by Pentax was the fact that the Oly was
far cheaper.
Now, of course, I'm a techy/geeky Nikon user (and generalised Canon loather for no particular reason!). Yet I still miss my old, battered, second hand Pentax MZ-50. I've used the K-10 and K-200 and they're great cameras and Pentax has huge heritage which would be catastrophic to loose. Come on Hoya - pull your finger out and do something useful and exciting with Pentax!