09-23-2016, 09:28 AM
Joachim, I think you're taking this stuff way too seriously. 
If anything, you could've gone there to see what the other manufacturers have brought to the table. If I'd been there, I would've been all over the place groping stuff left and right... And I don't mean the booth babes, mind you, just the equipment. Been a while since I had visited a photo fair, nevermind a big one - I for one would've liked to try the Sigma GV lenses as i've never held one in my hands. YMMV.
And finally... New announcements are mighty fine but how much of that stuff you would be getting anyway? I have to admit that I got one new Canon lens last year - the 16-35/4 - but I did that partly because I was so stoked by the glowing reports at Photozone and elsewhere, and partly because I wanted to get rid of the 16-35/2.8 that seemed jinxed to me. A few other new models got me contemplating, but nothing too acutely. YMMV again.
If anything, you could've gone there to see what the other manufacturers have brought to the table. If I'd been there, I would've been all over the place groping stuff left and right... And I don't mean the booth babes, mind you, just the equipment. Been a while since I had visited a photo fair, nevermind a big one - I for one would've liked to try the Sigma GV lenses as i've never held one in my hands. YMMV.And finally... New announcements are mighty fine but how much of that stuff you would be getting anyway? I have to admit that I got one new Canon lens last year - the 16-35/4 - but I did that partly because I was so stoked by the glowing reports at Photozone and elsewhere, and partly because I wanted to get rid of the 16-35/2.8 that seemed jinxed to me. A few other new models got me contemplating, but nothing too acutely. YMMV again.