EOS 3 Good news, bad news and worse news and *warning* in Accessories Posted December 18, 1998 I gather some posts must have been removed from this thread since it doesn't make any sense as it stands. <p> I really don't see what Dick's point is. If you don't like the price, don't buy the camera. Isn't that what the free market is all about? Why cry about it? If everyone said "Hey, Guys, this is way overpriced so I'm not buying one", I think you'd see a price drop pretty fast. Of course that won't happen. There's so much hype these days they could sell you just about anything, needed or not. <p> As for actually <em>needing</em> an EOS-3, with the implication that somehow Canon have done you wrong, that's close to ridiculous. You said yourself it's the photographer, not the camera, that counts. What makes you think an EOS-3 will succeed where your other $1000+ camera body has failed you. Do you actually remember the days before autofocus and totally automated operation. It's such a pity that nobody back them was capable of turning out decent images. Put another way, have your skills dropped to the point that you now can't turn out decent work <em>without</em> the very latest automated wonder in your bag? <p> I think the "junkie" analogy is pretty good. It's not a need, it's just a craving for whatever the latest toy is. I'd like one too, but I don't need one and I'm not going to buy one. If the price drops significantly I might think about it again, but I won't go to bed crying about it if it doesn't. I doubt my photography will suffer either way.
EOS 3 Good news, bad news and worse news and *warning*
in Accessories
Posted
I gather some posts must have been removed from this thread since
it doesn't make any sense as it stands.
<p>
I really don't see what Dick's point is. If you don't like the price,
don't buy the camera. Isn't that what the free market is all about?
Why cry about it? If everyone said "Hey, Guys, this is way overpriced
so I'm not buying one", I think you'd see a price drop pretty fast. Of
course that won't happen. There's so much hype these days they could
sell you just about anything, needed or not.
<p>
As for actually <em>needing</em> an EOS-3, with the implication that
somehow Canon have done you wrong, that's close to ridiculous. You
said yourself it's the photographer, not the camera, that counts.
What makes you think an EOS-3 will succeed where your other $1000+
camera body has failed you. Do you actually remember the days before
autofocus and totally automated operation. It's such a pity that
nobody back them was capable of turning out decent images. Put another
way, have your skills dropped to the point that you now can't turn out
decent work <em>without</em> the very latest automated wonder in your
bag?
<p>
I think the "junkie" analogy is pretty good. It's not a need, it's
just a craving for whatever the latest toy is. I'd like one too, but I
don't need one and I'm not going to buy one. If the price drops
significantly I might think about it again, but I won't go to bed
crying about it if it doesn't. I doubt my photography will suffer
either way.