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TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby aim54x on Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:04 pm

I just wanted to see what people thought about the alarming trend of putting an X into the name of new cameras....we surely are in the year of the "X"

Fuji has created an X-series of camera (so I dont mind their usage)
-X100
-X10
-XS-1
-X Pro-1

Panasonic decided to bring back the GF-1 in the form of the GX-1
Canon joined the fray with the 1DX and the G1X (an attempt to cash in on the Fuji X-series and confuse you with the GX-1 and possibly the GXR?)

Nikon, Sony and Samsung have existing 'X' usage as well.

What do you all think? Coincidental? Deliberate?
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby ATJ on Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:13 pm

Maybe they are trying to emulate Elizabeth Taylor. She had a lot of ex's.
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby biggerry on Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:37 pm

they got something else on their mind :)
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby Reschsmooth on Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:46 pm

SEO?? :biglaugh:
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:20 pm

they are trying to hop under Apple's reality distortion field
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby ATJ on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:29 pm

Trying to appeal to Gen-X?
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby Matt. K on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:39 pm

X-factor, X-treme, X-citing, you can almost see how they think. Still not as bad as the automobile industry with their ridiculous car naming conventions.
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby sirhc55 on Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:23 pm

Give me an X any day over that irritating "i"
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby aim54x on Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:41 pm

sirhc55 wrote:Give me an X any day over that irritating "i"


:cheers:
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:29 am

Frankly, I don't care what my X is discussing
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby Sheetshooter on Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:22 am

aim54x wrote:What do you all think? Coincidental? Deliberate?


How on earth does it matter?
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:53 am

Mr Darcy wrote:Frankly, I don't care what my X is discussing

:rotfl2:

I reckon the best bang for buck X from the whole flurry of Xs is the Canon G1X. It's got a huge sensor!! Hopefully the lens comes to the party.
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:02 pm

Remorhaz wrote:they are trying to hop under Apple's reality distortion field

I reckon that is now dead. :| OS-X seems to live on... :mrgreen:
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby Jenno on Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:53 pm

aim54X...hmm... :)

At least we know who started it
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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:18 pm

Jenno wrote:aim54X...hmm...

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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby ozimax on Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:05 pm

ATJ wrote:Maybe they are trying to emulate Elizabeth Taylor. She had a lot of ex's.


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Re: TOO MANY X's DISCUSS

Postby aim54x on Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:06 pm

Jenno wrote:aim54X...hmm... :)

At least we know who started it


You bet! This has been my forum name for many years....
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