Nobody listens to us!! Not even Eric will jump in here and say we’re a bunch of dorks and that we really should be out somewhere taking pics with our “Tuesday cameras”!! That is of course – if you’re not in Europe or farther east…in which case, you really ought to be using your “Wednesday camera”.

None of it matters, I think Leica has foreshadowed the future with their S-line of gear, which when combined with the existence of the likes of Olympus and their micro 4/3rds, spells the possible demise of all these old formats. The barriers that have existed will disappear and be replaced by a new one – brand name. We’ll just buy a brand that we like and can afford without regard to what format it may or may not be. Each brand will be it’s OWN format. It’s coming slowly, even the medium-format guys who have been espousing open-format products aren’t getting any traction. Ultimately, there will be as many formats as there are manufacturers.

There, another rant…please feel free to rant back – maybe we can get Photo Bay a bad rep….one that rivals dpreview…

I’m trying to look on the bright side and not complain, we didn’t get the camera some of us wanted and there not going to make it because we, the few, want it.

I can tell you that a lot of the, at times, unwarranted want for mega mega-pixel’s in camera’s is driven by the client; they believe more is better, and they want you to shoot more, so either you loose the client or you shoot bigger, not necessarily better camera’s. Nikon is trying to get back back all the shooter’s it lost to Canon, the only way there going to be able to do that is by making it bigger. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been looked at like I’m crazy because I shoot Nikon digital cameras.

I’m not saying that I agree with it, I don’t, but it’s a consumer driven market guys, you either follow the trends or you get off at the next stop. Nikon isn’t Canon, they don’t have the money to build it all.

And I was just joking with you Roderick, rants are great! ;)
-peter

http://luminous-landscape.com/whatsnew/
http://www.bythom.com/nikond3xcomments.htm

Repent and return to film!

Two machines for two different jobs.
-peter

This thing looks like it intended to compete with the Canon 1DsMkIII, which we can all easily assume is well down the road to being replaced as this comes out…

Only the rightly guided ones will know not to throw out their film gear just yet. The rest of you will burn like smelly cowpies for your shortsighted-ness.

Huh, I feel moderately better now…I’m sure the smug look on my butt-ugly face will be wiped away when I hear the camera mfr’s have all taken their place at the government trough behind the banker’s and auto-maker’s…the end is near. Repent now and return to film.