Are Canon out of touch with the users

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Rainer has been reported to have said:

"Canon doesn't need to introduce a mirrorless compact system camera (CSC)"

Surely this is ignoring one of the leading growth areas, or are they already too late

[Ian]

Re: Are Canon out of touch with the users

Rainer has been reported to have said:

"Canon doesn't need to introduce a mirrorless compact system camera (CSC)"

Surely this is ignoring one of the leading growth areas, or are they already too late

No, they are not too late. But Canon is the biggest DSLR brand and so they have a vested interest in protecting the DSLR market. I'm also not convinced that compact system cameras are best served by the APS size sensor. It's basically too big for a compact system camera. Look at this:



Forgive the quality! This was taken on the Sony stand at Focus on Imaging recently using my phone. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 on the left is fitted with a 14-150 m.Zuiko zoom (28-300 equiv) and the Sony NEX-5 on the right is fitted with an 18-200 (27-300 equiv) zoom. Look how much bigger and bulkier the NEX lens is - and that's despite it being slower than the Zuiko (f/3.5-6.3 compared to f/3.5-5.6).

Canon can enter the compact system camera market any time they like and they will be successful, I feel. But at the moment all they will do is divert a lot of people away from their own DSLR models. I feel Nikon is in the same situation. Panasonic and Samsung have no such issues, while Olympus has already alienated a lot of its E-System DSLR faithful by being non-commital over the future of the E-System while they devote most of their resources to establish their Micro Four Thirds Pen range.

But as to the title of the thread - Are Canon out of touch with their users? Maybe not, as I think they are very aware of the potential of CSCs, but there is little incentive for them to join in just yet.

Inevitably, DSLRs will lose the mirror in favour of EVFs, sooner or later. It's just a matter of timing.

Ian