Helpful Posts: See if it matches the camera of your choice or is it biased. I will say that even though I chose Nikon as my preference, the configurator selected the Canon EOS 1DX based on my shooting preferences.
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25th January 2013, 09:48 PM #1
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25th January 2013, 09:53 PM #2
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Did the same for me - cobblers.
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25th January 2013, 09:59 PM #3
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Maybe Canon is paying the website more than the other manufacturers.
Despite that I also selected Nikon as my preference, it recommended a $6800 Canon camera.
The website did get it right in that it recommended that an entry-level DSLR would fit my needs almost as well as a pro DSLR. The entry-level category lost out to a pro category only by the tiniest amount. Sadly, it did not recommend a specific entry-level DSLR.
I do like this test quite a lot. I can now show my wife that, despite the website's recommendation, I saved $5600.
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25th January 2013, 10:08 PM #4
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Rcommended the same 1DX for me as well and I opted for Sony as a preference. I wonder if anyone will get recommended something other....
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25th January 2013, 10:17 PM #5Moderator
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In my case it recommended the same, even though I chose a couple of options (memory type and make) that should have pointed my results elsewhere. I suspect the "configurator" is broken...
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25th January 2013, 10:24 PM #6
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You're so unsuspecting.
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25th January 2013, 11:19 PM #7
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1DX as well for me Paul. Originally Posted by jeeperman
Saved a few $ buying the A99 ��
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25th January 2013, 11:29 PM #8
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Yep, and the same for me too!
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25th January 2013, 11:47 PM #9
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I confirm the theme; EOS 1DX. Not being a conspiracy theorist, and believing everything I read, this obviously means this is the best camera for everyone. I intend to throw my Nikon D700 into the trash immediately. Good thing I was made aware of this before I took more inadequate images with an inferior choice.
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26th January 2013, 01:59 AM #10
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EOS 1DX for me - I wonder how I will get my lenses on it. Originally Posted by tbob
Trevor the great artist who sold you his soul did not write the CON figurator test by any chance?
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26th January 2013, 02:19 AM #11
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Trevor,
Before throwing your D700 in the trash, please keep in mind that I'll be happy to pay the shipping costs as a favor so you can use my trash can rather than encumber yours with photo equipment. Not knowing how generous I am, you probably didn't realize that I would be so willing.
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26th January 2013, 02:28 AM #12
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This is an amazingly generous offer so I will help out on the same terms for all your lenses. Originally Posted by Mike Buckley
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26th January 2013, 03:22 AM #13
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Gee. It was a 1Dx for me too. And I went ahead and said I prefer Olympus, just to see if that might elicit a different response.
I am (almost) tempted to try again, but to answer that the color if the camera is critical, and that it must fit in a purse, and I won't print bigger than 5x7, and that the LCD screen is really important, etc... just to see if EVERYONE gets 1Dx.
Aw, dangit. Now I have to try again...
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26th January 2013, 03:26 AM #14
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OK. I did it like a point and shoot, and I got 3 choices: a Fujifilm, a Samsung, and then a Canon P&S.
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26th January 2013, 03:33 AM #15
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1DX here, too, although I said I really really wanted color choice and for it to fit in my purse, use SD cards, LCDs rock, and I have no brand preference at all. I guess a budget over $600 automatically boots to the 1DX. If I switched budget, it sent me to entry level dSLRs from Canon/Nikon/Sony. There are apparently a) no pro cameras other than the 1DX, b) no prosumer dSLRs, and c) no mirrorless cameras. (snort).
I looove my Panasonic G3. In white. Fits in my purse just fine.
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26th January 2013, 03:51 AM #16
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Probably; he has no soul so any nefarious scheme is fair game. However; investment banking and politics are probably a bit too far at this point. Originally Posted by pnodrog
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26th January 2013, 04:09 AM #17
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Thanks Mike and Paul; your kind offers are evidence of magnanimous souls. However given the inherent evil of this substandard equipment, I have decided to minimize the exposure and accept the risk of use myself. I have already been compromised and I would hate to see you spiral into the vortex yourselves.
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26th January 2013, 04:46 AM #18
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Everything about your explanation was fine, Trevor, except for the horrible use of the pun. You really should be ashamed of yourself for that. The only repentance that I could accept as being truly genuine is if you would change your mind and allow me to send you the shipping fee.
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26th January 2013, 05:01 AM #19
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I am confused. I limited my choice to $300-$600, and it recommended a Rebel TI at $648. When was $648 between $300 and $600?
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26th January 2013, 08:25 AM #20
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It suggested some Canon heap of metal costing $6700 ... I'd accept it as a gift so I could sell it and buy the camera of my choice
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