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Let's be honest - people such as Mr. Maeda are part of the problem. He thinks that performance is everything and ignores all other dimensions.

When was the last time we were thrilled by something that came from the traditional camera industry ?

To be honest - even mirrorless isn't really an innovation (think of Leica M - introduced 80 years ago). 

 

The traditional camera industry is doing business with conservative, traditional photographers who have to make a lot money before they can afford another stupid conservative camera body with just a little more fps / pixel count / dynamic range. Industry is telling us this little difference will make an ordinary picture an outstanding one. Some of us do know better, but for all of us it's hard to resist to play with new toys if we can afford them - otherwise we won't be reading this site

 

And the Leica M, to put that one in place, doesn't come with AF on film plane. It has to rely on an optical finder with parallax issue. Is not working for tele lenses longer than 200 and the mirror device they're offering looks like a steam engine to a Porsche. I agree there has been not much of innovation, much less than industry has to make believe us. But sometimes there is. And we're not taking it: Lytro? Foveon sensors? Cameras with interchangeable lens + sensor units (a little bit ridiculous, I admit), exchangeable sensors, for day, night. So in theory it's alway easy to complain "no innovation" (I'm talking about me) but when it comes to the question "will you buy it?" we do hesitate because we know the next version will be better and the first one we've got we already lost money.