Nick3434 wrote in post #16591335
I Understand pwm2 is being a bit if an antagonist, but the points are very valid and i think it is needed.
I very, very much wants a new Canon sensor. I have a 5D2 and hoped the 5D3 would solve AF + DR. It did only solve AF, which made it too expensive to buy if I still had to wait for a 5D4 to get the DR.
But it is easy for people to believe that more DR or MP is in demand of every photographer, or that it is only some hobbyists with Rebels that can be fine with the current sensors. So it's important to spend some time trying to look at issues from more than one direction. Most photographers on POTN aren't using their cameras in ways that would allow them to see a difference from a sensor with more DR. What can't be seen doesn't matter, and unless people start to push shadows they have zero reason to not be happy with the DR of the current sensors.
I have a 6d, ok outer points suck. Dynamic range is not that of sonikon and I do like interior and landscape, however, my canon glass is very, very good, and that means more than a sensor. My 24L makes my 60d look a hell of a lot better than the sigma that I have of same fl, despite the same sensor. So while yes there are better sensors, for me, the ergonomics, menu system, lenses etc. make up a larger part of the pie as pwm2 was saying. It isn't like I am not taking great pics with my crappy sensor, or like that is really holding back my "art".
What should be kept in mind is that with technology, the "best" when you get to the point of really good, comes at very minimal incriments of improvement for the task. The same task can be performed with really good. Look at car racing, does the technically "fastest" car win every race? There is just more to it than any one component.
Even more importantly: Most of people who race don't do it in F1. Which means that their cars don't need F1 performance. If they compete with touring cars, then they want the car to be a good touring car. A press photographer has different needs than a landscape photographer. So the definition of "good" will be different when trying to pick a camera. A good press camera released before Sony released the Exmor sensor is most probably still a good press camera. Even if it has less DR and maybe less MP than a D800.
So Canon can be very competitive in most areas of photography, despite being way behind in the areas of photography where you need to push shadows or print really large high-quality prints.
I am not being a fan boy, but I chose a system, I am invested in it, and currently posses better tools for photography than famous photographers had, so at the end of the day, who bears the biggest blame for me not being a world renowned photographer, me or canon?
I'm too invested to buy a D800. And my good photos are just as good if taken now as they were when the 5D2 was brand new. Just that I know that I have to wait an unknown amount of time to get a replacement camera that I feel I like and is worth the money. But my views/needs of a camera is mine, and not applicable to the rest of the world.
