Eoin
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Jono, I agree, it would look like they never had any ambition towards the "real professional market that's dominated by Canon & Nikon. But you can't blame them for that, it would be very difficult market to break into as the "new kid on the block" and to be blunt, while the lenses were optically excellent, they were short in the overall range and perhaps not quite fast enough in focusing.
We Pro-sumers were the target with an affordable full frame offering, which in all reality was a remarkable offering considering the price and specs of the competition. It seems however it was not widely accepted.
I was reading elsewhere a comment someone made about sales figures for SLR cameras, I don't know how accurate the info is but the comment was made that in the top 20 DSLR cameras sold the Canon 5DII just made it in at 1.7%. That to me is an eye opener and to be quite honest, when I think about it when I see people walking around with cameras, the majority are compacts, any DSLR's would be lower end consumer models. It's very rare I'd see a body/lens combination that could be considered pro spec and usually when I do see them they are in the hands of Professional Photographers.
Anyway, for me it's all academic, I've a lovely Sony / Zeiss system that will do me for years to come. Assuming of course it proves reliable and parts are available in the future.
We Pro-sumers were the target with an affordable full frame offering, which in all reality was a remarkable offering considering the price and specs of the competition. It seems however it was not widely accepted.
I was reading elsewhere a comment someone made about sales figures for SLR cameras, I don't know how accurate the info is but the comment was made that in the top 20 DSLR cameras sold the Canon 5DII just made it in at 1.7%. That to me is an eye opener and to be quite honest, when I think about it when I see people walking around with cameras, the majority are compacts, any DSLR's would be lower end consumer models. It's very rare I'd see a body/lens combination that could be considered pro spec and usually when I do see them they are in the hands of Professional Photographers.
Anyway, for me it's all academic, I've a lovely Sony / Zeiss system that will do me for years to come. Assuming of course it proves reliable and parts are available in the future.