Canon EOS RP With Nick Page

Today we are going to talk a little more about mirrorless cameras.  Nick, we had you on a little bit ago to talk about the Nikon Z and Canon R cameras that were announced and released late in 2018.  I don’t know about you, but I took plenty of heat from that episode. In prepping for it I sourced a few of the technical specs from some sources that had been pretty solid previously and a few of them turned out to not be quite right.  Plus, I heard it from the fanboys out there for both brands. They are sooooo loyal to their brands that they could be stealing candy from babies or robbing banks and they would be in favor of it!

Nick, I thought I should have you back to talk about the new Canon EOS RP camera that was announced here in early 2019 because I wanted a buddy to be in the quicksand with me!  So thanks for agreeing to join me!

Before we dive into the specs of the RP, I want to talk about brand loyalty.

Camera Brand Loyalty

We have talked about brand loyalty on the podcast before.  I am AMAZED at how much brand loyalty there is for cameras.  There has to be some kind of psychology that explains this phenomenon that I have seen up close very regularly.  If there is someone trained in that area that could help me make sense of this kind of absurd loyalty to a camera brand, drop me a line because I would love to have you come on the show and talk about it.  It is insane to me. It doesn’t make sense.

We have talked on the show before about brand loyalty, or at least how we are all “victims” of marketing at the very least.  There are ads in everything these days, and yes I realize the irony that I am saying this on a podcast episode supported by ads – thank you Squarespace for sponsoring this episode!  Still, I want to talk about how marketing leads to brand loyalty.

Nick, do you feel like you have loyalty to a particular brand of anything?  I am not talking about being sponsored by a brand, that is something I think is a little different.  I am talking about being so enamored with a brand that if you are truly honest with yourself you might be a little blinded by it?  Doesn’t have to be camera gear, but it would make this part of the episode more interesting if it was.

Nick: Honestly, the bigger the company, the less likely I am to feel brand loyalty.  In my experience the smaller companies out there, always have better customer service, and tend to just care more about the customers.  When it comes to camera brands, or lens brands, those are large companies I dont feel and loyalty to at all, but some of the smaller companies out there, like Shimoda, Breakthrough Photography etc, these are the companies I am loyal to.  But it has to be based on the product. Luckily these companies have amazing products which makes loyalty a whole lot easier.

Jeff: The biggest photography related brand loyalty I think I have right now is Godox/Flashpoint.  I am in love with that flash equipment. The XPro controller, the TT600 entry level flashes, the AD200 flash strobes.  I love it all. I don’t think I would take it all the way to fanboy level, but the brand has earned my respect and I have to admit the only reason I gave any of it a chance was seeing pretty much all of my photographer friends switch to it.

I would like to think that I tried it out over the Yongnuo branded equipment, which I was very happy with, because of that gentle push I felt from the photography communities I engage with but I chose to switch because the product was that impressive.  It made it worth repeat investing my small hobbyist budget for photography in flash equipment and I just love ...