They should be pushing their hardware/software for every model. They aren't in competition with ML, they are in competition with everyone else. It was all fun and games while others were playing catch up.
Correct, and every second post I do on the CR forum is complaining about this, the current Canon execs deserve to get fired. But do you think ML is here to influence or change Canon corporate policy, do you feel ML even could?
So how are you going to feel if Canon releases a 5DC that is twice the price of the mark iii and records 2k but it has the same exact hardware? Then I guess going by your logic ML should not touch it since if one can afford a mark iii they can afford a 5dc
My logic is different from what you understood, so I'd like to explain it, sorry for the lengthy post :-o
Imho it is absolutely legit to differentiate software by features/price, on computers this is often done: You can "unlock" different versions of a software by entering different keys, though the software itself is the same. Do you feel cheated if there is "Software X basic" and "Software x pro" for different prices? Would you feel less cheated if "Software X basic" was physically missing some software components, even if it doesn't make a difference to you at all?
Canon is differentiating the 1dx/c products for general - though pricy - use as the 1dx and with a feature set that is clearly targeted for professional use with the 1dc. And if you buy Canon, you buy their cps support with it, a feature often overlooked, so it's not just Canon vs some other manufacturer that has good features, too.
A dslr is basically a computer, the the same logic applies. It's crazy people feel bad because the hardware is the same. I own a laptop, and it would run $500 Photoshop (with features I'll probably never use or even discover), but I can only afford the $90 Photoshop Elements. Do I feel cheated by Adobe?
The whole 1dc hack issue is just an excuse for saving money and legitimating it with "The manufacturer rips us off". This has been done n times over, even software cracks ("games are too expensive) destroying whole platforms like the Amiga line of computers. Believe me: I do like to simply save money in less-than-ethical ways too, esp. at big companies' expense - but at least I'm clearly saying so.
And ML (well, if I'm contributing at least) should be there to accompany Canon, not fight it because...
- * the 1dc hack is only saving money for rich people that can afford a 1dx and
- * it's strategical madness because we'd surely like more corporation from Canon like the ability to control non-lv mode - but they can make life much harder for ml like voiding warranties. And a dslr doesn't run user code, you cannot root it by exploits, so if Canon decides to encrypt their firmware & disable the main ml boot hook that's it.
Let's stick to the "modding" that ML is best at, adding new great features while backporting non-key elements like "3+ bracketing" to the lesser models like 5d2 while Canon obviously thinks only the 5d3 should have it - there are enough new features on the 5d3 left. I know the differentiation between "key element" or not is fuzzy, but "cracking" and obsoleting a whole camera model is clearly beyond it.
