Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
So once again, so, shortly after Canon announces their 18MP 1Dx flagship, Nikon's upgrade from the D700, the D800, offers double the pixels! To me, interested in detail rich large images, this is an advance.
My "given" is that Canon has an ample store of inventions that it has no need to use right now. It's job is to sell cameras and lenses, not to improve photography. Unless application of hard-won new technology will give them some economic advantage, the advances will likely remain unused. My hypothesis is that new advances will be teased out of them each time Nikon or some other competitor moves ahead in their markets or if Canon were to create a whole new market.
So, do you feel that Canon actually behaves in this way, or that it is always delivering its best?
Asher
My "given" is that Canon has an ample store of inventions that it has no need to use right now. It's job is to sell cameras and lenses, not to improve photography. Unless application of hard-won new technology will give them some economic advantage, the advances will likely remain unused. My hypothesis is that new advances will be teased out of them each time Nikon or some other competitor moves ahead in their markets or if Canon were to create a whole new market.
So, do you feel that Canon actually behaves in this way, or that it is always delivering its best?
Asher
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