Weather sealing is nice, but using a rain cover, wiping everything down if it does get wet, and storing them in a sealed case with desiccant is also helpful.
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A few things I’d love to see Canon come out with this release cycle
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Seems you forgot what everybody is waiting for: The EOS R 100 Limited Gold Edition. Collectors would pay a fortune to obtain one!
PS: I would never have pardoned you if you had forgotten to add the Eye-Control AF to your list!
PS: I would never have pardoned you if you had forgotten to add the Eye-Control AF to your list!
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The other name for haptic feedback is "Intentional Camera Shake" or ICS in feature lingo. Brilliant strategy! Turn a flaw into a feature! (I reckon this will be a big seller for those who miss their DSLR's.)
Most of the others (save the improved eye-directed AF point) increase the weight, cost, and complexity of the camera. Canon cameras are already too portly. Let's not make it worse! Or . . . at the very least, let's have an R5iiP special portly edition in addition to the R5ii.
Most of the others (save the improved eye-directed AF point) increase the weight, cost, and complexity of the camera. Canon cameras are already too portly. Let's not make it worse! Or . . . at the very least, let's have an R5iiP special portly edition in addition to the R5ii.
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Voice control. "We have the technology, we have... " -- 6 Million Dollar Man reference.
Say, "ISO 100" and you get ISO 100. Say, "Time 1000" and you get a shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. Voice is fasten than buttons (no backside illumination required), faster than touch. It's the future of camera control.
OK, maybe not "this" cycle, but...
Say, "ISO 100" and you get ISO 100. Say, "Time 1000" and you get a shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. Voice is fasten than buttons (no backside illumination required), faster than touch. It's the future of camera control.
OK, maybe not "this" cycle, but...
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For security, perhaps Touch ID built into the shutter button. Or something like Face ID built into the EVF or LCD. Voice control could be useful except in quiet environments. Like the silent shutter, these capabilities should be optional on-off from the menus. Cost wouldn’t be much noticeable when rolled in with other upgrades in new models. And the tech is getting cheaper all the time.
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Sure, but particularly with lenses and all rings and switches I find it reassuring to know that Canon says: "It can handle some tough love."
Also with a small prime I enjoy having it ready or usable whenever. The F1.8 RF primes are particularly bad at inspiring confidence with the extending focus.
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Speed will be the issue to solve.
My brand-new laptop offers face recognition, or fingerprint identification, but these sytems are far too slow for a camera.
I'm afraid instant owner recognition is still a long way ahead...
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oh wow.. shot of a lifetime.. *types in code 5 times because of fat fingers* .. oh, shot missed.
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Won't work for me.
Because of that:
And even typing it in right the first time will make you miss a lot of shots.
And that:
All those devices have some code to override and reset.
Online registration and full-time WiFi access might help as you mentioned:
But that'll drain the battery and new complaints come...
Sorry to be the spoilsport here, but if even Apple just managed to implement a "remote permanent lock" to their iPhones, I can't see Canon being smarter here. (not saying Apple is the smartest)
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Warranties are generally not decided by the head office (in our niche anyway, in this case Canon Inc). They are a cost assumed by the specific global subsidiary. However, a lot of those subsidiaries will hammer them down to 1 year or whatever the law in that jurisdiction requires, 2 years in most (maybe all) of Europe? 1 year in the US or Canada and so on.
Canon, technically doesn't have an international warranty. However, allowances will be made.
Sigma for example has a 7 year warranty in Canada, but a 4 year warranty in the USA (last I checked anyway). Sigma warranty in Canada is handled by the distributor (Gentec), not Sigma themselves.
Canon will internationally repair (AFAIK) for a fee, though there are different experiences when it comes to know grey market products. However, that's not the case across all industries or companies. One example, I could not get a Samsung phone repaired in the EU by Samsung, as it had originated in Canada. I couldn't even pay for it. It was just a screen, not any of the innards that may be different due to regulations.
They have also discovered "CarePak" is a money making machine, as it adds margin for the retailer and the Canon subsidiary accountants are happy. Extended warranties as a whole have something like a 10% redemption rate, don't directly quote me, but it's some absurd number. It's free money.
Honestly, if we want better warranties, that is going to have to be legislated by a government body. If it happens, sadly... you know who will end up paying for it.
The changes (sometimes entitlement?) in customer attitude may have also played some role in evolving warranty policies in the wrong direction.
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no way I would trade a vertical grip for a cooling setup. I love the vertical grip on my R5. since the firmware updates, I've never even thought about overheating. It's been a workhorse at 4khq mode and 4k120 during harsh summers without overheating on me.
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and yet we speak into a mobile phone often.
Even stranger is when we do it with blue tooth headphones in and we are talking to no one. Siri/Alexa is another example.
People would have been placed in asylums 50 years ago for this behaviour unfortunately.
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It always makes me laugh when I see the desires \"needs\" of many Canon customers. It makes me think of the Americans with their huge cars and small penises, or the Swiss buying their 4x4 car to drive it around Geneva (you can do the whole city in 16 minutes on foot) hahaha.
Canon forgot what photography is all about when it abandoned its customers. Canon made promises of compactness and bricks came in. The world has become dangerous and people want portability and compactness. Fujifilm has understood this and I dare say that they do listen to their customers, customers looking for photography rather than supercars for their garage, where the important thing is to post technical features on Instagram, make YouTube videos, fast food Chinese fashion poorly explained.
How pathetic many users are with their requests and wishes.
What\'s even more ironic is that underneath this text is the excellent Fujifilm launch.
If any Canon employee comes to read these comments, WAKE UP! The world is not made up of Nutellas.
Peace and Photo
Canon forgot what photography is all about when it abandoned its customers. Canon made promises of compactness and bricks came in. The world has become dangerous and people want portability and compactness. Fujifilm has understood this and I dare say that they do listen to their customers, customers looking for photography rather than supercars for their garage, where the important thing is to post technical features on Instagram, make YouTube videos, fast food Chinese fashion poorly explained.
How pathetic many users are with their requests and wishes.
What\'s even more ironic is that underneath this text is the excellent Fujifilm launch.
If any Canon employee comes to read these comments, WAKE UP! The world is not made up of Nutellas.
Peace and Photo
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