Nobody Knows Anything

"Nobody knows anything......Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work.Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one."
— William Goldman. Adventures in the Screen Trade

Chance Encounter. Sierra Gorda, Mexico. February, 2014
The motion picture business is somewhat like venture capital investing. Against all hope, and many hundreds of millions of dollars put at risk, it turns out that each year studios produce mostly mediocre pictures, a few that are real dogs, but fortunately also a very small number that are artistic and / or financial successes.
Why should the camera business be expected to be any different?
Yet, in spite of companies having dozens, even hundreds of very bright product planning, marketing and engineering people on staff, many cameradogsare produced. It's just the way of the world.  "Nobody knows anything......" 
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