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Confusing camera product names and series
I still have a hard time to figure out on how the major camera
companies place their product in the market. Are their product names and series designed on purpose to confuse the consumers? Or are they as confused as we are (in trying to sell products which cover our vast budget range)? Reviewing a variety of products will become difficult for the consumers. Can anyone explain or may be can direct me to a website, which may provide information behind the naming of the products and series? Do lower numbers refer to older models, cheaper price, lower features or all of the above? Examples as follows Canon cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between A,G,S,Pro,SD and TX series? I know that SD is the ultra compact, TX has camcorder vertical style, A series using regular AA batteries? How does G7 compare to S3 IS and Pro series? Why SD1000 camera is cheaper than SD900? Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? Nikon Cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between series L, P, and S? Is the new Coolpix P5000 similar to Coolpix 5000 introduced much earlier? Is Coolpix S9 has better features, and more expensive that the Coopix S5? Is P5000 Nikon best offer to compete with high end powershot camera (rival to Canon G7)? Digital series: Is the D200 the new ultimate digital camera produced by Nikon? How does it compare to the older D1 or D1H introduced in the early 2000s? Panasonic/Lumix cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between series FX, FZ, LX, LC, LZ and TZ? I found the Panasonic series are even worse than Canon in term of trying to compare with. LZ series is the bulky one. What series is the ultra compact one? Is it LC series? Is the FZ50 currently the top of the line of the powershot series? How is this compare to Lumix LX2, for example? Does Lumix produce product similar to Canon G7? Only one digital product, which is L1 - so, no comparison. Thanks for info. |
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On May 6, 8:49 am, wrote:
Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? Thanks for info. On the Canon Digital, the shorter the number, the more Pro the camera... 1D, 5D Professional 10D, 20D, 30D Pro-Consumer 300D, 350D, 400D Consumer The 300D, 350D, and 400D is the "other" name for the Digital Rebel, Rebel XT, and Rebel XTi Sam |
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Silicon Sam wrote:
On May 6, 8:49 am, wrote: Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? Thanks for info. On the Canon Digital, the shorter the number, the more Pro the camera... 1D, 5D Professional THe 5D . . . IS NOT A PRO CAMERA, Canon on considers the 1D series as pro. Only the 1D series will get Canon Pro Service, in other words if it breaks a 5D goes into the que and doesn't get any priority in servicing, which in Canada runs 4-6 weeks... |
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Silicon Sam wrote:
On May 6, 8:49 am, wrote: Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? Thanks for info. On the Canon Digital, the shorter the number, the more Pro the camera... 1D, 5D Professional 10D, 20D, 30D Pro-Consumer 300D, 350D, 400D Consumer The 300D, 350D, and 400D is the "other" name for the Digital Rebel, Rebel XT, and Rebel XTi Also, ALL of the above are EOS series. "EOS", IIRC, actually refers to the lensmount design used in all of their autofocus SLRs, film or digital. |
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wrote in message oups.com... I still have a hard time to figure out on how the major camera companies place their product in the market. Are their product names and series designed on purpose to confuse the consumers? Or are they as confused as we are (in trying to sell products which cover our vast budget range)? Reviewing a variety of products will become difficult for the consumers. Can anyone explain or may be can direct me to a website, which may provide information behind the naming of the products and series? Do lower numbers refer to older models, cheaper price, lower features or all of the above? Examples as follows Canon cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between A,G,S,Pro,SD and TX series? I know that SD is the ultra compact, TX has camcorder vertical style, A series using regular AA batteries? How does G7 compare to S3 IS and Pro series? Why SD1000 camera is cheaper than SD900? Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? Nikon Cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between series L, P, and S? Is the new Coolpix P5000 similar to Coolpix 5000 introduced much earlier? Is Coolpix S9 has better features, and more expensive that the Coopix S5? Is P5000 Nikon best offer to compete with high end powershot camera (rival to Canon G7)? Digital series: Is the D200 the new ultimate digital camera produced by Nikon? How does it compare to the older D1 or D1H introduced in the early 2000s? Panasonic/Lumix cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between series FX, FZ, LX, LC, LZ and TZ? I found the Panasonic series are even worse than Canon in term of trying to compare with. LZ series is the bulky one. What series is the ultra compact one? Is it LC series? Is the FZ50 currently the top of the line of the powershot series? How is this compare to Lumix LX2, for example? Does Lumix produce product similar to Canon G7? Only one digital product, which is L1 - so, no comparison. Thanks for info. You are not going to find any theme for model naming which would be seriously useful for comparison shopping between models, as opposed to just looking at the feature set of each model. Whatever patterns exist are going to be subject to so many exceptions that your inquiry is probably useless. Having recently shopped two 7 meg point-and-shoot digitals with and for two pre-teens, I have experienced your confusion. I ened up sitting at a computer with each "end-user", fixing a price range, then briefly comparing the most important features of each model within the offerings of two makers. For what its worth, the type of battery options usable [AA], physical size, time from power-up to first exposure, and shutter lag reported by users proven to be the most important issues. I was surprised at the sophisiticated shopper's decision-making of a 10 and 13 year old; I was not so surpised that the cameras are used more as novel toys, exotic possessions, than as photographic appliances. |
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Confusing camera product names and series
Randy Stewart wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... I still have a hard time to figure out on how the major camera companies place their product in the market. Canon cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between A,G,S,Pro,SD and TX series? I know that SD is the ultra compact, TX has camcorder vertical style, A series using regular AA batteries? How does G7 compare to S3 IS and Pro series? Why SD1000 camera is cheaper than SD900? Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? You are not going to find any theme for model naming which would be seriously useful for comparison shopping between models, as opposed to just looking at the feature set of each model. Whatever patterns exist are going to be subject to so many exceptions that your inquiry is probably useless. Did you even read the other replies? Although I'd agree that down and dirty comparison of features and price points is more important. -- john mcwilliams |
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wrote in message oups.com... I still have a hard time to figure out on how the major camera companies place their product in the market. As do we all. I have been teaching digital photography in my community and find it difficult to help others select a camera. This might be an excellent opportunity for someone. A web-based parametric search engine. One would enter price and key items from their desired feature set, and then be presented with models that comply with the search parameters. Such a site would be a major PITA to constantly debug and upgrade but with paying links to vendors, it could be profitable. No, I am not about to tackle it myself but would be interested in helping anyone who would. |
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On May 6, 11:49 pm, wrote:
I still have a hard time to figure out on how the major camera companies place their product in the market. Are their product names and series designed on purpose to confuse the consumers? Or are they as confused as we are (in trying to sell products which cover our vast budget range)? Reviewing a variety of products will become difficult for the consumers. Can anyone explain or may be can direct me to a website, which may provide information behind the naming of the products and series? Do lower numbers refer to older models, cheaper price, lower features or all of the above? Examples as follows Canon cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between A,G,S,Pro,SD and TX series? I know that SD is the ultra compact, TX has camcorder vertical style, A series using regular AA batteries? How does G7 compare to S3 IS and Pro series? Why SD1000 camera is cheaper than SD900? Digital series : Are EOS ( 5D,30D, etc) series are superior that Digital Rebel series (XT, Xti) ? Are EOS series designed for professionals? Nikon Cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between series L, P, and S? Is the new Coolpix P5000 similar to Coolpix 5000 introduced much earlier? Is Coolpix S9 has better features, and more expensive that the Coopix S5? Is P5000 Nikon best offer to compete with high end powershot camera (rival to Canon G7)? Digital series: Is the D200 the new ultimate digital camera produced by Nikon? How does it compare to the older D1 or D1H introduced in the early 2000s? Panasonic/Lumix cameras: Powershot series : What are the difference between series FX, FZ, LX, LC, LZ and TZ? I found the Panasonic series are even worse than Canon in term of trying to compare with. LZ series is the bulky one. What series is the ultra compact one? Is it LC series? Is the FZ50 currently the top of the line of the powershot series? How is this compare to Lumix LX2, for example? Does Lumix produce product similar to Canon G7? Only one digital product, which is L1 - so, no comparison. Thanks for info. Dont forget Fujifilm, and its weird reason? to call S700 a S5700 in different regions WHY? Kinga 2o2 |
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