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Is The 6-Month Product Cycle Upon Us?
Mark Goldstein writes "What is perhaps more interesting than the 4 new Konica Minolta cameras announced today is the rapid product cycle that seems to have been established by both Konica Minolta and other manufacturers." Rather than the yearly model updates that people have come to expect, the article notes that three members of this batch aren't even a year old, and one is only six months.
Both links down already.
Guess that'll tell me not to answer an e-mail just as a new story comes in.
Oh well, at leat I'll be able to get the info from the first few posters - after all, nobody would first post without RTFA'ing would they..?
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'
My cellphone is 3 weeks old, my PC is 3 months old, my laptop is approaching 3 years old, my stereo equipment is about 5 years old, my fridge is 9 months, my vaccuum is 3 months old. My car is about 10, I've had it 4. My house is about 140. My woman is about 30, I've had her for about 10. My favourite jeans are 2 years old. My favourite Tshirt is 15 years old.
On that list I feel compelled to trade in only one item for a younger model.
I have to ask, who cares? Pros and serious amateurs are using Canon and Nikon (with very serious pros using Phase One and Sinar). Casual snappers are using Sony Cybershots. Who actually uses a Minolta? I shoot a lot and hang out with other photographers, I've never actually seen one 'cept in a store. And even then, no-one was buying 'em.