Originally posted by ChristianRock You can't just pick the data you like and ignore the rest, it doesn't work that way
Everyone that studied basic economics knows that demand is based both prices and volume, not just prices.
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It's almost like a legal argument. They pick the arguments and present them based on what they see as their "clients." Like there is an arbitration judge who's going to look at the arguments and decide which has the most merit. The problem being, there is no judge, the legal model is inappropriate to forum discussions. While many of us here come to find information, some seem more interested in suppressing the information they don't like, as if the information they like is somehow going to reward them for being so biased.
There is no judge.
No one has clients.
Most of the big picture is presented by kind people who take their time to correct innacurate statements presented by fanboys.
There is no pay-off. If you con the whole forum into thinking what you wish was true is actually true, all you've done is hoodwinked a bunch of people, to conform to your own inaccurate beliefs.
I guess they are practicing for their chosen careers as used car salesmen or something. What else can it be?
Why do people identify with mirrorless so much they have a need to suppress some facts and promote others to make their points?
It's mystery to me. But, those types are by far the most influenced by marketing. The whole goal of marketing is create personal identification with product to the point where countering facts are ignored. The whole goal of marketing is to create people who can ignore all the facts and just say "this product is the best, period, for everyone." What accompanies that is that there is something wrong with the people who don't see it the way they do. They've got it right, no one else's opinion matters.
As for the numbers they are interesting, that's all. They make no predictions as to whether a beginning photographer is more suited to mirrorless or optical. Any given photographer can be at either end of the mirrorless/optical spectrum and a great many of the best would be happy using both to their strengths. Large scale data can not predict personal situations.
Argue market share dollar, and value all you want. It makes no difference personally. All that makes a difference to you personally is that you can find something that meets your preferences.
We have constant warfare between those who look at data and think that's interesting, pretty useless but interesting, and those who's personal positions are locked up into marketing hype and their personal beliefs. It's really sad, but reality rarely conforms to the majority of people's personal beliefs. A smart person doesn't expound too much on what they know, because they know how much they don't know. Look at data like this and realize, it's a small window on reality, and whatever position you take on it, it's probably inaccurate to some degree, if not dead wrong. It's just interesting to read. Any conclusions are suspect.
Last edited by normhead; 04-19-2018 at 05:53 AM.