Originally posted by notacamerasnob Amazon Canada carries the KP, the K70, the K1 and even the ricoh street shooter (cant remember the name of that one), and they also carry most of the lenses etc. When I say carry, I am referring to IN STOCK items that Amazon Canada will ship out the door next day.
No way that lineup would be stocked and ready to go if it only comprised less than 1% of the total photography market.
Btw, did you folks know that Canon's entry level camera, the T100, has a fixed diopter OVF? Yes, it does. You cant adjust the OVF viewer if you have eyesight that doesnt correspond to what Canon thinks is acceptable.
And secondly, did you folks know that Canon's new mid range cameras have been crippled by having the flash pins removed in order to force Canon owners to buy flash lights from Canon itself. Canon actually removed the pin so 3rd party flash strobes wont work. And if you end up buying a Canon flash unit, in Canada at least, the cost is north of $250. If you want a Canon Macro flash strobe setup, you are looking at close to $1,000 in extra costs.
I bough a T100 on sale but returned it when I realized I couldnt see through the OVF and I couldnt adjust it either.
For the Canon fanboys out there, or fangirls, it amazes me that you shooters put up with that. If Pentax did the same, the company would be ridiculed left and right.
Eh, the T100 is a $300 DSLR. Maybe the cheapest DSLR ever. *
When Pentax released the $800 K-01, it had difficulty focusing indoors with the ubiquitous 18-55 kit lens. It wasn't until a firmware update that it worked reasonably OK.
The issue with the Canon flash pins has been well documented. It sucks, but at least Canon has a good assortment of flashes and there's a large used market.
Users of any brand can point to any other brand and say
how can you deal with xxxxx, and the answer is
we don't care or
we just deal with it.
Personally, I look at the small OVF or low-res EVF on cameras costing considerably more than my K-70 and K-3 II and wonder why it doesn't bother people more. The $3000 Olympus EM1X has an EVF that is used on cameras costing 1/4
th as much, but few users complain about it. It would bother the hell out of me.
* I bet many camera owners don't even know there is a diopter adjustment, regardless of brand.