Why we chose Canon...Results

I know , these are not really statistics ,but I collected the data from previous post which 113 of us replied. The post

was about why we chose Canon, so here are the answers.So we'll have a raw idea about our reasons.

The basic graphic shows the main answers given to the previous post question. Of course , everyone has his/her own

answer but I grouped them which are similar in kind.

 

"Took advise" included seller,friend,web reading and etc. which directed us to Canon.(27/145)

 

"No reason-experience" included no actual reason or having previous experience with Canon users. (28/145)

 

"Answering needs" included the photographers that mentioned lenses,bodies,ergonomy etc. of Canon answered their

needs. (50/145)

 

"Best of its time" included the people who just think Canon was the best. (14/145)

 

"Price" included the fellas whose wallet was not disturbed by Canon. (19/145)

 

"Other brands" included the responders who thought other brands were better although it was not asked. (9/145)

 

Some of the responders mentioned more than one reason so the total number of 145 reasons is higher than the

responder number.

 

So this is it.I learned too much in PN society, and will go on to learn.<div></div>

The other brand choosers were included just because they seemed to have Canon still in mind. The black color of them in spontaneous, not my choice but the MS Powerpoint's. :)

I bet you'd get similar responses if the question had been "Why we chose Nikon," or "Why we chose medium format," or

(heavens forbid) "Why we chose film/digital."

Of course Stephen, you know. We are they, and they are us. Only small differences make us different. And this is a way to find it. Maybe someone (I'm not interested in Nikon, but I love medium format) does the same in other frontiers of photography, and we learn more of ourselves.

National Goegraphic ads when I was a kid (1/145)

 

Just kidding. Interesting statistic though... at least regarding this site. Seems most people let their work do the talking regarding what system/equipment to go with.

Many of us mentioned National Geogaphic ads as a reason David, and they are included in the "took advise" section. :)

So, exactly what is it that we have learned about ourselves? I guess I'm just not seeing this as particularly profound insight.

Exactly we learned that (unlike me) , Canon users chose Canon for serving their needs. Canon understood what we needed ( not all of us, but so many of us) in aspects of lenses, comfortable bodies, camera built in software, and the list so goes on. Furthermore, many of the responders were still happy with their equipment, and if Canon company goes on to response to our needs, both Canon and we (Canon users) will win.This is not a critique like " Why do we like our parents ?", this is just where we were, where we are now and where we will probably be in the future. I'm not a Canon fanatic, just happy with mine. What I learned here was, the priority of my goal should be to obtain my needs at first sight, then choose what I'll have, so like many others, I can be happy with my decisions on my photographic improvement. This is what I learned from these numbers, and I'm ( as a novice DSLRist) on my way , but the right way... MF

@ David Bowens

 

Make that (2/145) ;)

I choose Canon because I got hosed my Nikon several times with a crap 8008 and poor service. That was many years ago

and I'm sure both systems would be just fine once I got used to the different way of doing things.

40 Years ago I got some great shots with my Canon rangefinder, so I stuck with the brand with EOS.

The 350D was being launched and I thought it looked pretty good.

 

Later, when I was discussing my photographic needs with my wife, she suggested the 20D instead.

What we learned from this seems pretty simple to me; 1) we asked for and listened to advice from others; and 2) we felt that Canon fit our needs as we defined them individually.

 

I don't think any consumer products company should underestimate the value of designing and selling products that meet the needs of prospective customers or the value of having a cadre of satisfied customers who are willing to say good things about the company. For the record I include professional reviewers in my definition of satisfied customers. Regardless of how objective we expect them to be, reviewers can't help looking at products as users.

 

In my case I have a friend who has a Rebel XT. I was very impressed with it and when I decided to buy a camera I looked to Canon first. Then I found out about the XTi and decided it met my needs better than the XT. So I bought the XTi. I choose my lenses in much the same way; I looked at my needs, I asked questions and I paid attention to what was being said/written about the lenes that I felt would meet my needs.

 

If any of you in this group has had any sales training you'll probably recall that one of the key ingrediants of selling is meeting customer's needs.

 

So I'm not surprised at the outcome of this survey. I think it speaks well of Canon

Just as a note (not trying to insult you or what you're doing, these numbers are interesting stuff!), 3d pie charts aren't

good at presenting information like this, as the vantage point doesn't allow you to easily compare pie pieces (i.e.,

you'd actually have to look at the numbers, which defeats the purpose of a more easily read chart). For example,

'other brands' looks bigger than 'best of its time', which isn't true from the numbers. A normal pie chart is better, and

for really easy comparison, a bar chart is even more clear.

Some bar charts are better than others (witness attached photo).

 

What Jang-Soo is talking about is the much present "chart junk" and if any one wants to investigate further look at Tufte's site at http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi. Explore, his books are sometimes a little opinionated, but he has the right of it most of the time.<div></div>

"So I'm not surprised at the outcome of this survey. I think it speaks well of Canon" <p>

There's a lot of us (users of the Canon EOS forum), maybe that speaks well of Canon.

<p> Anyway, this would become more interesting trivia if we could compare to the answers to this question in

other fora. That could answer important questions like: Are Canon users really different? Does anyone buy Leica

<i>because</i> of the price? And: which equipment forum has the most people sneaking in to make derogatory

comments about that equipment?

I was going to quit Canon until I heard the new 5D Mark II may be available in pink.