Canon buy Yongnuo

[digiman]

Do Canon feel threatened? Or is this an opportunity for Canon to sell cheaper gear?

https://fstoplounge.com/2015/04/canon-buy-knock-off-brand-yongnuo/

[paulr5604]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

I think this might be a bad thing as currently the Yongnuo flashguns share pretty much identical feature and functions of the Canon's they are based upon, however I expect that Canon will make sure that the Yongnuo's will be below the spec of the equivalent canon's.

[digiman]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

This was my thinking too Paul. A see Canon selling low spec units under Yongnuo, possibly pricing them closer to canon units so that punters go to Canon, then just close Yongnuo down blaming poor sales. Maybe I'm just synical!

[Guest]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

This was my thinking too Paul. A see Canon selling low spec units under Yongnuo, possibly pricing them closer to canon units so that punters go to Canon, then just close Yongnuo down blaming poor sales. Maybe I'm just synical!

Look at the date on the article 1st April 2015! think that says it all?

[digiman]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

Look at the date on the article 1st April 2015! think that says it all?

Hmmmm, maybe

[the black fox]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

Yep April fools joke

[Stan]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

Look at the date on the article 1st April 2015! think that says it all?

just what I was thinking

Stan

[Nathaniel]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

Oh! what a shame!!!!! But a good one as well.

[celtex]

Re: Canon buy Yongnuo

Shame its a joke, could see that working, been done before, Fender/Squier, Gibson/Epiphone - gives the factory two bites of the market and us customers two price brackets to choose from

reminds me of the well told story of when Fender went to inspect their newly established Squier factory in Japan in the early '80's, and found, to their horror, that their low cost brand was making better products than the parent!

Ian