Re:With the iPhone 7, Apple Changed the Camera Industry
by whyenot on Friday September 09, 2016 @11:45PM
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Nikon and Canon have also been stuck in a rut in recent years. Sony is coming out with all these new ideas (TLRs, the A7 series), while Canon and Nikon keep on churning out pretty much the same stuff they always have. Not only are they facing competition from smart phones, but on the higher end, Ricoh/Pentax now offers a full frame DSLR at 1/2 the price of similar Canon/Nikon models. The Pentax has some warts, but still, that's got to hurt Canon and Nikon a little.
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Re:With the iPhone 7, Apple Changed the Camera Industry
by mahyarm on Saturday September 10, 2016 @12:14AM
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I know pentax is trying to compete with the D800 level of SLR with their K-1, but the price is a few hundred more than the entry level nikon, canon & sony full frame cameras, and that is what they are competing with.
Re:With the iPhone 7, Apple Changed the Camera Industry
by whyenot on Saturday September 10, 2016 @01:06AM
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The entry level Canon and Nikon FF cameras do not have most of the higher end features the K-1 has. It competes pretty well with D810 and has some features the D810 lacks such as a GPS, wifi, a screen that can be moved or flipped up and possibly most importantly, in-camera 5-axis image stabilization.
Re:With the iPhone 7, Apple Changed the Camera Industry
by petre on Saturday September 10, 2016 @12:27AM
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Yet it has weather sealing, GPS, astrotracer, WiFi and other features that the entry level full frame offerings from Canon and Nikon don't. Sony has abandoned DSLRs in favour of mirrorless and fixed miror cameras.