Billy of the Fuji Guys will take you through the X-A1 here. For the top feature video (the same of the X-M1) click here.
For Rico’s first look “Using the X-A1 (and X-M1) click here!
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Billy of the Fuji Guys will take you through the X-A1 here. For the top feature video (the same of the X-M1) click here.
For Rico’s first look “Using the X-A1 (and X-M1) click here!
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I have seen some mind blowingly stupid things posted on the Internet over the years but this one is right up there at the top.
Comparing a camera that has been on the market for several months and is actually available to purchase with a camera that was announced a little over a week ago that nobody has actually seen and that has had virtually no serious reviews of then trying to beat up a story about relative sales takes all credibility away from even a rumor site.
If you haven’t got something even half sensible to say say nothing.
Hi. Feel free to disagree. I’ve just noticed that the X-M1 disappeared from the ranking for a long time, but after the launch of the X-A1 it was back in the top positions (3rd yesterday). Seems that customer waited to see how the X-A1 would be (and how much it would cost), and then decided to go for the X-M1.
But hey,what do I know, better to ask in a poll the fr-readers what they like more, and if they think it’s worth to pay more for X-Trans technology.
Again, you’re free to kindly disagree… and to read or not what I post.
The Amazon sales figures cannot be usefully interpreted the way you (and other sites) do. In fact, I would suggest these are easily manipulated in a similar way to how Pop Music charts were manipulated in the past .. and probably still are today.
But if it makes people happy, why not use them?
I’m confident that Amazon does not manipulate the ranking. Of course the ranking can not tell us exactly how many cameras are sold, but as it is a big online retailer it can give us a good indication of the sales… and it’s the only way I found till now to see immediatly how the market reacts to a product. The lens camera of Sony was on the top for many many days, and afterwards Sony said that it is the most pre-ordered camera/lens ever… so in this case for example the indication of the ranking was reliable… it’s not perfect, but it’s a good indication to me
What are you on about, this has nothing to do with reviews, the time it has been available is irrelevant, and it’s not a story it is simply an observation. These rankings are updated by the hour, it’s not about totals, it’s about current popularity. Otherwise a product that’s selling twice as fast would still need a year to beat one that’s been on the market for two years, but clearly that’s not the case. They both have an equal chance to be on top, so this does indeed show that the X-M1 is getting most of the orders at the moment.
Jason,
You obviously do not see much on the internet if you think this is “mind blowingly stupid”. I can direct you to well over 50 “mind blowingly stupid” articles on the internet…
The Amazon metric is widely used because it gives people without access to internal data the opportunity to take a snapshot in time and compare the current trend of a certain product(s). Many, many sites do this as a way to understand how a product is doing and I think you would be surprised at who in fact does look to Amazon for data. Amazon is one of the largest retailers in the world and the data suggests what people are buying without bias from sites like this or others. It is a good metric.
Companies typically do not disclose in detail their sales figures so to get a decent idea of what the market is doing I would believe Patrick to be using data he has access to in a way that is useful to us as readers. The data is not suggesting what camera is better but it is sensibly discussing the trend in sales at a given time.
Now… Consider your mind blown
Jason buddy … It’s just pre-order data, not actual shipping units. What I think is stupid beyond belief are rank amateur photographers reviewing pre-released products on the Internet. They have no sample unit to work with (as Rico does in xpert corner) but yet they somehow “know” what the camera is all about beforehand. Blowhards is the term.
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All fine here.
I’m exited to see comparisons of the sensor in RAW.
DXOMark – Let’s see what all the fuss is about.
Can someone help me: What is a video made by 2 guys who are more or less part of the company (Fuji) other than an advertisement? They act as if they are reviewers, while they are mostly Fuji’s messengers…
And that is what it is. 🙂
They do sometimes mention advantages and disadvantages of a certain body, but of course don’t compare it with other brands really, unless is does something ‘that no other brand can do’.
Imho, their purpose is clear, they don’t lie, and it’s a nice courtesy that you don’t get from many(any) other brands. I have seen something similar from Sony though, but man those are truly useless, they read a list of changes and don’t even seem to know what it means. The FujiGuys actually know what they’re talking about and go in depth about actual use and usefulness, and a whole series of it.