04-19-2012, 04:18 PM
[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1334848032' post='17607']
I agree with you BC, but I think we have to count with Fuji and Samsung as well in the longer run, maybe not for the pro user, even if Fuji seems to have eyes on that market, but for all the rest of the market Samsung and Fuji are clearly here to stay. They both have the resources and the will to participate.
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Samsung may be a force to reckon with in future, yes. Their aim is not so much to make money, but to compete. They have a HUGE industrial conglomerate behind them. Their sensors may be leading in a while (they did it with computer screens, with cell phones among other products).
Fuji seems to lack direction, though... Constantly they come up with innovative ideas regarding sensor design, yet all the time they seem to switch direction.
Nikon and Canon have a big lead in AF computation power with their PD-AF systems, and Olympus/Panasonic in the way they implemented CD-AF.
I like Fuji's range finder type camera, but in important areas it kind of lacks implementation wise. They have nothing in the pro DSLR corner anymore, since they stopped the S5 pro. So from them Nikon and Canon have not too much to worry about. Fuji seems content to remain a niche player.
I agree with you BC, but I think we have to count with Fuji and Samsung as well in the longer run, maybe not for the pro user, even if Fuji seems to have eyes on that market, but for all the rest of the market Samsung and Fuji are clearly here to stay. They both have the resources and the will to participate.
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Samsung may be a force to reckon with in future, yes. Their aim is not so much to make money, but to compete. They have a HUGE industrial conglomerate behind them. Their sensors may be leading in a while (they did it with computer screens, with cell phones among other products).
Fuji seems to lack direction, though... Constantly they come up with innovative ideas regarding sensor design, yet all the time they seem to switch direction.
Nikon and Canon have a big lead in AF computation power with their PD-AF systems, and Olympus/Panasonic in the way they implemented CD-AF.
I like Fuji's range finder type camera, but in important areas it kind of lacks implementation wise. They have nothing in the pro DSLR corner anymore, since they stopped the S5 pro. So from them Nikon and Canon have not too much to worry about. Fuji seems content to remain a niche player.