If not the 3D, then what?

Canon has more sales than Nikon as a whole, but the sales of Canon's DSLR department is bount to get asskicked by Nikon, if the current trends continue.

Actually, according to the latest figures I saw, Canon's DSLR sales are getting arsekicked by Nikon.

Shadowblade wrote in post #13969128
Actually, according to the latest figures I saw, Canon's DSLR sales are getting arsekicked by Nikon.

Good... If they come the underdog, they will have to start doing something about it

Shadowblade wrote in post #13969128
Actually, according to the latest figures I saw, Canon's DSLR sales are getting arsekicked by Nikon.

Oh. Well, no surprise there.

mafoo wrote in post #13969145
Good... If they come the underdog, they will have to start doing something about it

To fight as an underdog, you must accept that you are an underdog. In other words Canon must accept that Nikon is in the lead.

Tonyz wrote in post #13969252
To fight as an underdog, you must accept that you are an underdog. In other words Canon must accept that Nikon is in the lead.

Research firms will do that for them. I don't think Canon is the type of company with an ego. I think when the sales are down, they will recognize they must do something to change the tide.

Shadowblade wrote in post #13969128
Actually, according to the latest figures I saw, Canon's DSLR sales are getting arsekicked by Nikon.

Source?

RTPVid wrote in post #13969268
Source?

Can't remember, but someone posted the link and a table here a few days ago.

mafoo wrote in post #13969261
Research firms will do that for them. I don't think Canon is the type of company with an ego. I think when the sales are down, they will recognize they must do something to change the tide.

I think Canon is already doing something, and that 'something' is expanding video capabilities, including releasing the C300 to cater for cinematographers and releasing a 4K-capable DSLR. Rather than fighting for the still photography market, I think Canon is slowly abandoning that market, in order to capture and corner that market from Sony.

Shadowblade wrote in post #13969275
Can't remember, but someone posted the link and a table here a few days ago.

That was the Amazon sales raking, IIRC, which is a snapshot, updated hourly, and has each individual item in Amazon's listings listed individually, so it is nearly impossible to figure out the real top seller by camera model. For example, this morning's table shows #1 is the Nikon 5100 with kit lens, and #2 is the Nikon 3100 with kit lens, the only entry for those models in the top 20. But out of the top 5, the Rebel T3 is at #3 but also at #12,and the T2i holds down the #4 and #5, but is also #18 & #19, and the rest of the top 10 is made up of 2 Canon models, the T3i and the 60D.

Hard to call that an arse kicking.

Shadowblade wrote in post #13969281
I think Canon is already doing something, and that 'something' is expanding video capabilities, including releasing the C300 to cater for cinematographers and releasing a 4K-capable DSLR. Rather than fighting for the still photography market, I think Canon is slowly abandoning that market, in order to capture and corner that market from Sony.

While I agree Canon is going after Sony in the video market, I find it hard to believe they are considering abandoning the DSLR market.

It would be like thinking Microsoft was getting out of the operating system business, because they were going after Nintendo and Sony in the gaming market.

mafoo wrote in post #13969365
While I agree Canon is going after Sony in the video market, I find it hard to believe they are considering abandoning the DSLR market.

It would be like thinking Microsoft was getting out of the operating system business, because they were going after Nintendo and Sony in the gaming market.

Well, there is only so much capacity to make sensors and lenses, and, if Canon thinks it can make more money putting these sensors and lenses into video cameras rather than still cameras, they just might...

Shadowblade wrote in post #13969281
I think Canon is already doing something, and that 'something' is expanding video capabilities, including releasing the C300 to cater for cinematographers and releasing a 4K-capable DSLR. Rather than fighting for the still photography market, I think Canon is slowly abandoning that market, in order to capture and corner that market from Sony.

Canon appears to have made a strategic decision to go after the video market in a big way, if that pays off for them only time will tell. It won't keep me around as a customer.