Canon is boring.

[S.Horton]

Originally Posted by rick_reno

What more could anyone want?

If that product is real, I am definitely in the wrong line of work.

If that flies, then so also should salt shakers in the handles of forks.

[Geonerd]

"Innovation and excitement..."

Dude, it's a camera. The exciting thing is (supposed to be) what you can do WITH it.

The only people who talk like that are the Marketing Monkeys who spend millions to broadcast their buzzword laden chatter at impressionable Gear Dweebs.

[Indecent Exposure]

Canon is currently in the market share lead and that could easily lead a company to get conservative. It's the companies further down the list that would be willing to gamble more and thus release products that might be more "exciting."

It's hard to argue that Canon's current body lineup is not meat and potatoes at the moment, but the lens lineup is filled with some very interesting and unique offerings, both released and soon-to-be released.

[tkbslc]

Originally Posted by Geonerd

"Innovation and excitement..."

Dude, it's a camera. The exciting thing is (supposed to be) what you can do WITH it.

It sounds like you are agreeing with my thread title then. Cool.

[Nathan]

Joke or not... this thread made me look up "canon innovation" and I found this on the European website.

Examples of Specific Research & Development

Activities in Progress

Canon Over IP

Canon develops technologies for information technology solutions in the 21st century under the concept banner of Canon Over IP (Internet Protocol). In the future, digital information and digital products not compatible with IP will be unable to achieve their full potential.

As a pioneer of the Internet age, Canon is digitising and networking its product lines, after which the company will expand efforts to include services and solutions to link these products together.

New concept in Digital Photography - Micro Bubble Jet Camera

Canon is applying its energy-saving, compact-print Bubble Jet printing technologies, together with its camera expertise and a wealth of creativity to study an outputting process that would fit in the palm of the users hand. The idea is to put only the printer engine inside of a digital camera. Credit card-sized sheets of paper and Bubble Jet inks would be in a separate unit called an Ink Paper Pack.

The Micro Bubble Jet Camera could well turn into a reality based on developing the ability to separate the main ink tank and the print head. This will ensure that only the appropriate amount of ink for a single photograph is sent to the printer at any given time.

To take advantage of diverse new business opportunities that this camera would create, Canon is reinforcing its in-house development and production functions for key components and devices. This move will allow Canon to bring new business fields to the market before the competition.

Extra Dimension in Displays

Another innovative imaging device being developed by Canon is the Paper-Like Display, which provides the advantages of both paper media and displays. Developed based on electrophoretic phenomena, this display uses toner sealed between two sheets of plastic film and electrostatic absorption/ repulsion. The resulting display is as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper, yet provides high-quality images. A variety of potential applications exist for this groundbreaking technology.

Investment to Increase ELTRAN SOI Wafer Production Capacity

Canon invested approximately ¥2 billion (US$15.1million or ¬17.1million) in 2000 to expand its production of ELTRAN silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers. The company has achieved a five-fold increase in wafer production - equivalent to 10,000 wafers per month - at its facility in Hiratsuka, Japan. ELTRAN SOI wafers feature a unique, three-layer construction, which makes it possible to produce semiconductors that consume less power than conventional silicon wafers. Among the original, high-level production technologies for these wafers is water-jet splitting, which allows Canon to re-use the seed wafer component, thereby significantly lowering costs.

Next Generation Large Flat-Panel Displays

In the multimedia age, demand is strong for large-screen displays that do not require the space of a conventional television set or PC monitor. Canon has been developing a technology known as the SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitterDisplay). In 1999, Canon started a collaborative agreement with Toshiba Corporation to develop a practical SED. Combining Canons prowess in SED technologies with Toshibas strong position in the market for displays, the two companies are working together to commercialise next generation large-screen displays.

Highly Sensitive, Large-Area CMOS Sensor

The highly sensitive, large-area CMOS sensor is compact and features extremely low power consumption, making it the ideal device for products such as cameras, scanners and facsimile machines. In 2000, the CMOS sensor was adopted in the EOS D30 digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, in which it makes possible ultra-high image quality and 3.25 million-pixel performance. Canon is planning to expand the use of this sensor in other imaging products.

Okay, maybe the OP is right. Canon is kinda boring. I have no idea what the Canon-over-IP will offer based on that description. Maybe if you just say "over-IP" is just makes an ambiguous product sound sexy. Microbubble Jet Camera? Really? I'm not sure what new business opportunities this creates that a portable 4x6 printer cannot provide. Maybe I'm not creative, imaginative or entrepreneurial enough. A new flexible display type and more efficient wafer technology actually WOULD be pretty innovative. I'm kinda just yawning about larger displays and CMOS advancements in other imaging products.

[Edwin Herdman]

haha remember SEDtv?

OP reminds me of that certain internet image (which will not be linked) of a guy sitting on a throne and surrounded by naked women. Caption: "I'M BORED"

The only real "exciting" thing I can think of from Canon lately, besides some pretty great lenses, is the hybrid IS on any camera body patent. Most anything else is incremental, which is fine by me at this point in time.

Edit: And I'm really loving the investment houses trying to dictate a mirrorless strategy to the photography companies, as opposed to the "let's also make a good camera for pros" strategy. Yeah, economics says you gotta catch the most users, but DSLRs are fine too. But hooray! Mirrorless cameras are the iPhones and iPads of the camera world apparently; let's forget about good usage and have a Photographic Lifestyle. Ya dig?

[Tareq]

Canon is boring
Nikon is boring
Leica is boring
Sony is boring
Fuji is boring
Pentax is boring
Phase One is boring
Hasselblad is boring

Those are most famous brands names of cameras, and cameras used in photography, SO.................
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PHOTOGRAPHY IS BORINGGGGGGGGG....

[themadman]

Originally Posted by Tareq

Canon is boring
Nikon is boring
Leica is boring
Sony is boring
Fuji is boring
Pentax is boring
Phase One is boring
Hasselblad is boring

Those are most famous brands names of cameras, and cameras used in photography, SO.................
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PHOTOGRAPHY IS BORINGGGGGGGGG....

I beg to differ...

Fujifilm is rather exciting (X100 X10 anyone?). So is Sony (translucent mirror?). I also find most companies with mirrorless cameras are pretty interesting as those products interest me.

[Tareq]

Originally Posted by themadman

I beg to differ...

Fujifilm is rather exciting (X100 X10 anyone?). So is Sony (translucent mirror?). I also find most companies with mirrorless cameras are pretty interesting as those products interest me.

I find all cameras are interesting, i just comment for the thread, not about myself.

[ShootaBike]

Thank God Canon is "boring"...

I can save money and do so many other exciting things in my life, rather than upgrading camera bodies...

[bohdank]

Originally Posted by cdifoto

I can't really say I've been paying attention. I tend to only care when I actually need something.

Same here.

[aski4]

i love my canon, cant beat it in taking landscapes..
love you canon! צילום הריון

[cptrios]

Yes Canon is a bit boring, but that doesn't mean they're bad...I'm very, very happy with my 5D2 and don't care much for a replacement any time soon.

In my opinion, the only two truly exciting cameras to be released in the last year are the Fuji X100 and the Sony NEX-7. And both of them have plenty of drawbacks (fixed lens [not a huge drawback really], slow operation, and high price on the Fuji; and the high price and very mediocre lens selection of the NEX).

[ToddR]

There is nothing wrong with the OP wanting to see his favorite camera manufacturer have a little more mojo.

[tkbslc]

There you go, S100 announced today. Looks kinda cool. Canon not boring this month.