Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
David I have no issues on waiting and if I purchase it I would NEVER buy without a demo and anyone that does is making a huge mistake with any MF system with this kind of money involved. You also have to remember David of who I am and what i do. I actually teach this stuff. LOL
But more importantly you need to remember who you are selling this stuff too and you are dealing with Pro's with vast experience and frankly most likely have more knowledge than anyone selling it to them. They know there needs and they know what they want in a file and nothing will convince them of that unless they do it themselves. Seriously the S2 just jumped completely over the consumer market and now you are dealing with really hard hitters that know there stuff. These reviews as well intentioned as they maybe do not serve us very well. This is a completely different attitude and selling environment than the normal consumers. No offense against Sean, Michael you or myself but this stuff in this high end market is taken at face value. People want raws and camera to try out. I would NEVER recommend any system to buy if someone did not try it out first. This is one main reason why Jack and I do the workshops so people can try this stuff in real environments and also get trained both to shoot it and process it. Believe me these folks walk away with real knowledge in there hands. This is just a totally different way of thinking and selling.
Just to clarify I am not saying the reviews are bad or don't have value to these high end buyers and shooters it brings some perspective but seriously the weight of them in total is most likely 10 percent as compared to a review on a M9 let's say that is more like 50 percent with the intent to buy. The only way to get that other 90 percent is demo's and processing or places people can really work them and learn like a workshop with experienced people that know how to work them. If that sounds like a plug so be it but those are the real truths. Sitting in a booth or camera store shooting under available light is not going to sell MF systems.
But more importantly you need to remember who you are selling this stuff too and you are dealing with Pro's with vast experience and frankly most likely have more knowledge than anyone selling it to them. They know there needs and they know what they want in a file and nothing will convince them of that unless they do it themselves. Seriously the S2 just jumped completely over the consumer market and now you are dealing with really hard hitters that know there stuff. These reviews as well intentioned as they maybe do not serve us very well. This is a completely different attitude and selling environment than the normal consumers. No offense against Sean, Michael you or myself but this stuff in this high end market is taken at face value. People want raws and camera to try out. I would NEVER recommend any system to buy if someone did not try it out first. This is one main reason why Jack and I do the workshops so people can try this stuff in real environments and also get trained both to shoot it and process it. Believe me these folks walk away with real knowledge in there hands. This is just a totally different way of thinking and selling.
Just to clarify I am not saying the reviews are bad or don't have value to these high end buyers and shooters it brings some perspective but seriously the weight of them in total is most likely 10 percent as compared to a review on a M9 let's say that is more like 50 percent with the intent to buy. The only way to get that other 90 percent is demo's and processing or places people can really work them and learn like a workshop with experienced people that know how to work them. If that sounds like a plug so be it but those are the real truths. Sitting in a booth or camera store shooting under available light is not going to sell MF systems.
