This is not meant as an attack on any of the pros out there. I respect all of their work, and don’t think I’ll ever be as good as them.

However at the top-most end of the business, among the pros who are good enough that the likes of Canon / Nikon / Lexar / Apple etc. etc. are working directly with them, …I strongly dislike the fact that it seems like they’re all wearing blinders… (google it)

Time after time after time, after time, I read about top-end professionals getting their hands on the latest gear directly from Canon and / or Nikon. The problem is, most of these professionals have probably been shooting with that brand of camera / memory card / software for so many years that they are out of touch with what the other companies have been doing. So many times you will read about how much better a new camera is, ONLY compared to it’s previous generation’s incarnation.

If you’re curious, what sparked this epiphany for me was a certain professional’s comment on how fantastic and amazing the 5D mk2′s new LCD screen is, with no mention of the fact that it’s actually just now catching up up to Nikon / Sony’s high-res LCD that has been implemented for over a year in the D300, D700 and D3.

This is why I can only hope that people will take it upon themselves to subscribe to more widely learned blog opinions such as CameraTalk, or more thorough review sites such as DPReview.com… Maybe some day I could make money at giving my opinion. But could that make me one of THEM? I dunno, but for now I’ll just keep giving my opinion in this miniscule little corner of the interwebz…

Now luckily CameraTalk is not very widely read, because this next comment would start something firey: I think tunnel-vision marketing is a little more prevalent in the Canon world than anywhere else, because Canon has such a large concentration of “bandwagon buyers” who only bought into the system because everybody else did… Sure that’s just my opinion, but it’s still got an element of truth to it…

How’s THAT for opinionated?
=Matt=