Second week of the new year and new camera announcements are coming fast and furious prior to the start of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Nikon, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax and Panasonic have all made announcements, and probably more are being made even as I’m typing this.
The question is, do you want to read about them here? Here’s why I’m asking:
People searching in Google for camera info will often find their way to this site. Which is nice. High readership numbers, high Google Pagerank, all nice for the ego and all.
But:
- Those people almost never look at my portfolio (and are probably not interested in it).
- Those people don’t click on affiliate links, which might yield me a few extra bucks.
- Those people almost never leave comments (not that I get a lot here, considering the number of page views I get).
So if that’s the case, why should I bother to grab some images, grab some specs and then try to be more than just a content troll by adding in my own impressions based on what I’ve read. There’s lots of other stuff I could be spending my time on. I’ve got two part time jobs as well as a photo studio and the occasional paid photo shoot, not to mention an attempt to have a life from time to time. The effort/reward ratio seems way too low.
Well, this is your chance to speak up, if you so desire. Would you like me to write about the Fuji X100s or X20? Do you care about my thoughts on the latest mirrorless camera from Pentax? Is this a site you would come to when you want to know about the Nikon 1 J3 or Nikon 1 S1 (and am I just doing a bit of SEO’ing by putting those names there?)?
I might write about cameras that seem unusually interesting or that I would consider buying myself, but I need to know that “regular” readers of this page are interested in reading that sort of thing from me. If you are, please let me know. If you’re not, no need to leave a comment informing me of that.
6 Comments
I don’t buy a lot of camera gear, so I’m not really in the market for advice either. But your camera gear posts always strike me as interesting enough that I keep coming back for more!
Thanks Buck but since no one else has spoken up, I think I’ll be steering clear of gear news for the most part, only writing about it if it’s something I have or something I’m considering getting.
Id love to know what you think about x100s.
Having owned the X100, X10 and X-Pro1, I think that of the three the X100 was the only one that I truly loved or at least the one that I loved the most. For the X100s, I think the addition of the split image manual focusing and focus peaking are exciting enhancements. I’m curious as to how their claim of “world’s fastest AF” will hold up and still waiting for Adobe products to properly support the output from their unusual sensor array. That being said, it could be a tremendous alternative to the Sony RX1, APS-C sensor instead of full frame, similar lens, half the price.
Thanks! I think I would enjoy using the Fuji more than the Sony.
Having seen an image output comparison between the X100s and the Pentax K-5 IIs, any temptation for the former instantly evaporated.