Bias

What is it about the tribalism of DSLR ownership that causes some people to get their knickers so twisted? (He asked rhetorically.)
In late September, 2005 I wrote an essay titledIndustry Push Pullin which I noodled over the introduction of two new cameras, the Canon 5D and the Sony R1, and the impact that these two products might have on the future of the DSLR marketplace. As part of my speculation I discussed how sensor costs were declining. With the 5D we were now seeing full frame at prices that matched APS sized sensors of just 3 years ago, and with the R1 we were seeing a digicam with an APS sized sensors at under a thousand dollars. Both significant developments. I also repeated my contention, first made some two years ago, that the 4/3 format is "an evolutionary dead end".
No sooner had this piece appeared that some of the faithful on theOlympus Forum at DPReviewwent into a tizzy.
I won't use this space to rebut some of the comments made there. A few were perceptive,...