Originally posted by Art Vandelay II I agree. The G3 really does look like a true "Canon Rebel" killer.
And good riddance.
But something else has occurred to me. These CSC's might wind up in a position much like the netbook.
With the netbook, it was players like Asus and Acer-outside of the mainstream list of "classic" laptop makers-who disrupted the market with the small and light and good enough netbook. But then it was a traditional manufacturer that looked at the what the netbook solution offered and trumped the netbook with a next leap in products. Apple introduced the Macbook Air and the iPad. The iPad works because it offers the size and convenience but delivers far more utility and appeal at the same time. The Macbook Air offers a similar size solution but packs more horsepower in a much better-built product. Yes, they're twice the price of a netbook; but the iPad already offers the lower-price solution. Having had my first netbook die after two years I'm leery about buying another. And watching netbook sales slump while Apple's sales take off, I think the market agrees.
Perhaps one of the traditional camera manufacturers will respond to the CSC challenge by producing a DSLR that offers what the CSC's don't.
Of course:
a) I don't know if there's anything applicable between the laptop market and the camera market.
b) I did buy a netbook when they came out. And I'm very interested in these CSC's.