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You start to feel badly for legacy tech manufacturers like Canon.
Then they do things like this, and suddenly I am happy to see them die.
You can't treat your customers with contempt and not expect them to return the sentiment.
I have such fond memories of shooting on my old Canon DSLR.
It’s been 20 years since I bought my last DSLR (life, you know?) and I recently started thinking that maybe I should buy another before they close out the DSLR product line.
A huge disappointment to see this enshitification.
I have a fair collection of Canon glass, a few of which are L series.
I haven’t taken them out of the closet in a damn long time.
Oof. That hurts to hear.
There's a reason mirrorless is here to stay, the autofocus is basically cheat mode compared to a DSLR. I do miss some aspects of the optical viewfinder though.
Yeah, I know. And I know there’s way more market demand for mirrorless, as well as simpler mechanicals, so they have less failure points, but do I ever love the sound and that subtle feeling of a mirror slapping up and the shutter flicking out of place.
The feedback that offers when you capture a photo feels like you’re doing something ‘real’ when you take a photo. Everyone knows that you captured that moment. Those photons are yours forever, trapped in your little art-making box.
It’s kind of romantic, in a way. I feel like modern tech is great, but tends to be inscrutable.
Absolutely, while being able to silently capture a 30FPS burst is kinda magic, it just feels wrong. I still shoot with mechanical shutter (at least second curtain), basically for the feels (and the extra bit depth).
Is mechanical shutter necessary for max bit depth on your camera? It isn't on mine (Sony), but bit depth reduces to 12 bit if you max out the framerate. You might still be able to get full 14 bit RAWs if you drop the framerate.
I believe so, ao I only use it when I need to be silent like a ceremony or on set.
Canon camera sales are actually going up.
Well this policy seems like a good way for them to nip that in the bud. Customer contempt is toxic to brand loyalty.
I'd be surprised if most people knew or cared, sadly.
Especially if most big companies are moving in that direction, people get used to the suck and think of it as our new normal.