Ken,
I don't know if this may help answer the question, yet here is my
digital story so far:
Pana L1 - takes superb pseudo leica glass and real R glass - an
extremely sweet machine-human interface - the only one to have focus
confirmation with non native glass, Live View, etc. back then when
Canon* had serious problems with non native lenses metering BTW.
Pana G1 - for fun - not up to the L1.
E-Olies - 400, 410, 510, 620 nice, even VERY nice glass for some of
them - limited sensor in size and DR though
D700 FF and so so glass - sharp but lots of distortion - yet takes R
glass and provides excellent high ISO
fuji X10 as a pocketable cam to take anywhere without fuss - nice toy
to play with - and in truth I liked the look - Alice is still very
fond of it BTW.
X-E1 light, and nearly a camera by my old standards - aperture rings
etc. And the files nearly as good as the D700's -more difficult to
process though and less "flexible" than Nikon's - the EVF requires
some getting used to but is workable
X-T1 - waiting for it to be sold here - the EVF is what will make me
want to upgrade
Amities
Flash-what-for Philippe**
* the worst interface any company could come up with IMHO. I love
crowns and buttons and hate displays and wheels, so it's back to the
XT-1 or the Df ...
** what I mean is that with modern sensors you don't really need any,
do you?
Le 12 févr. 14 à 20:29, Ken Norton a écrit :
> It appears to me that there has been a marked brand shift, again,
> amongst this group. Since my initial joining this list, I think this
> is the third MAJOR change. Here are my observations:
>
> Late 1990's - OM System Swan Song (boiled). Nikon, Minolta and Canon
> are ruling the roost with new AF cameras and fully modal control
> design. Fill Flash technology becomes the deciding factor for many.
> Nikon gains the greatest conversion from the Oly crowd, but Canon is
> pretty close. Others make the shift to Minolta and Contax. Failure to
> have any AF camera was certainly an issue, but failure to implement
> fill-flash control was another.
>
> Mid 2000's - E-1 System Swan Song (baked). The E-system had initial
> troubles because of the dinky sensor and failure to adequately embrace
> prior system lenses. Not many lenses was a complaint, but unfounded.
> Flash system very good. But Olympus failed to be competitive with AF
> speeds and sensor technology. They were trying to sell a 5MP CCD
> against 8MP CMOS. A huge migration to Canon resulted and combined with
> adapters, old Olympus OM lenses were somewhat supported.
>
> Late 2000's - The last remaining straggler sold his Olympus gear and
> bought a Full-frame Nikon kit.
>
> Early 2010's - Micro Four-Thirds recovers a lot of "lost souls".
> Finally, the dinky sensor is getting some respect. People are buying
> them as "second systems". But is this a short-term gain? Sony and
> Fujifilm making noise. Canon hasn't been heard from for ages.
>
> Mid 2010's - Fujifilm nails it again and again. The new migration,
> started in the midst of the m43 revolution, is to the X-series cameras
> and lenses. The question is whether this is from m43 buyers or from
> other brands to the Fujifilm cameras? I think it's more a case where
> people are switching from their, now old, DSLR systems to the new
> (classic) style cameras. This is a case where Fujifilm just seems to
> be doing it better.
>
> I am making the observation that the "new" DSLR systems that we all
> bought in the 2000's are now "old" and the owners ready for a totally
> "new shiny". Fujifilm seems to be the one that is capturing the hearts
> of the buyers.
>
> This brings up the question about Canon and Nikon, but especially
> Canon. If Canon is now the "Dad's Oldsmobile" system, what can Canon
> due to stop the bleeding and be the new kid on the block again? How
> does Canon prevent being the next "Blackberry"?
>
> Anyway, this is just my observation that this list is embracing the
> X-series of cameras like we did the Canon 20D ten years ago and the
> F100 twenty years ago. I may be wrong, but I haven't seen this much
> uniformity of camera system migration on this list since those two
> cameras.
>
> One thing for sure. If this is the case, I won't be left behind a
> third time. I've got an X-body in my B&W cart just waiting.
>
>
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