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Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Every new camera doesn't have to be a 'game changer'. Why would we expect that anyway?




















I was reading one of the few non-hostile reviews of the Canon EOS R and the phrase in the title of this post appeared. 'Every new camera doesn't have to be a 'game changer'. Why would we expect that anyway?' And of course it's true, but that doesn't seem to be how much of the photographic internet works. If companies like Nikon and Canon finally bring out FFMC's then certain review sites (The 'Vlogger Wolf Pack') feel obliged to a) Talk it up b) Talk it down c) Offer their 'analysis' of where it went wrong. This of course means writing about it emphasising small so called problems and ignoring what's really important. The EOS R has attracted five main criticisms.

  • It doesn't have two SD card slots
  • It doesn't shoot 4K 60fps video
  • It has cropped 4K Video
  • It has the same sensor as the 5D Mk IV
  • It doesn't have IBIS
Now large numbers of potential customers might look at those and say 'So What?' And quite rightly so, since for most people these 'problems' are either unimportant or irrelevant. So what do most of us want from a camera? First and foremost we want it to take great pictures. Well the EOS R does that. And far from being a disadvantage, the fact that it has pretty much the sane sensor as the 5D Mk IV is an advantage, because that is a very good sensor. And using the 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy, if such a sensor is already available, why would we need a new one anyway?

I'm not going to list the advantages of the EOS R or challenge the criticisms, I've done that already. Instead I'm going to let somebody else do it for me this time. Below is a link to a Steve Huff Article. Pretty much says everything I've been saying.














































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