Demize of DSLR cameras
Aug 20, 2018 10:50:39 #
Aug 20, 2018 10:53:56 #
Lieb
Loc: Idaho
I like my bright penta prism viewfinder on my Canon 80 D. That's one reason I bought it. My Canon SX530 HS did not have a viewfinder, but only an LCD screen. I couldn't use it in bright sunlight.
They'll have to pry my cold dead hands from my DSLR.
They'll have to pry my cold dead hands from my DSLR.
Aug 20, 2018 11:00:58 #
Bob Locher
Loc: Southwest Oregon
DLSR's will not go away for a long time - but they will be increasingly replaced by MILC's as MILC's improve. I believe DLSR's are in some ways superior for sports photography and for studio photography with models. But the DSLR advantage in those areas is eroding as MILC's get better and faster. In most other areas MILC's are as good and often better.
MILC's are smaller and lighter for the same format. MILC's offer lens designers fewer constraints and make faster lenses possible. A new generation of wide angle lenses are arriving that would be impossible to design for a DSLR.
New entrants into interchangeable lens cameras are increasingly going straight to MILC's. This is especially true of people interested in making YouTube videos - and there are a *LOT* of those.
Cheers
MILC's are smaller and lighter for the same format. MILC's offer lens designers fewer constraints and make faster lenses possible. A new generation of wide angle lenses are arriving that would be impossible to design for a DSLR.
New entrants into interchangeable lens cameras are increasingly going straight to MILC's. This is especially true of people interested in making YouTube videos - and there are a *LOT* of those.
Cheers
Aug 20, 2018 11:06:15 #
Yes, slow and gradually. Nobody panic, but yes,
warrior wrote:
With all the mirrorless cameras coming out are we going to see the end of DSLR? 
Aug 20, 2018 11:11:44 #
Well after 7 pages of replies so far, whatdahell, I might as well pipe in too.
Answer:
HELL NO. Not anytime soon. If ever in our lifetime.
I am gong to say this again, it is nice to have options !!!!!!! period.
Meaning, there is something for everyone.
There ya go, my penny to tha pile.
Bruce.
Answer:
HELL NO. Not anytime soon. If ever in our lifetime.
I am gong to say this again, it is nice to have options !!!!!!! period.
Meaning, there is something for everyone.
There ya go, my penny to tha pile.
Bruce.
Aug 20, 2018 11:13:31 #
Oooops I forgot to add;
there will be support for the DSLR's long after we are gone.
Too many of them out there.
there will be support for the DSLR's long after we are gone.
Too many of them out there.
Aug 20, 2018 11:14:37 #
Aug 20, 2018 11:16:51 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
warrior wrote:
With all the mirrorless cameras coming out are we going to see the end of DSLR?
Nope.
Aug 20, 2018 11:22:47 #
repleo wrote:
The real question is 'will cell phones wipe out mirrorless and DSLR's'.
They can stop making the DSLR or mirrorless but how can they be wiped out? I still have my fully functioning film cameras.
Aug 20, 2018 11:28:47 #
warrior wrote:
Same question asked for the last hundred years!With all the mirrorless cameras coming out are we going to see the end of DSLR?
Aug 20, 2018 11:31:58 #
hookedupin2005
Loc: Northwestern New Mexico
warrior wrote:
With all the mirrorless cameras coming out are we going to see the end of DSLR?
Film cameras continue to be used by many; I see no reason that DSLRs will no longer be valid.
Aug 20, 2018 11:35:51 #
speters wrote:
Same question asked for the last hundred years!
True. But often answered in a different manner. A supply of high end cameras in a particular format will extend the lifespan of a format or type of camera, but how many TLRs are made today? How many 6x9 folding rangefinder formats? Gotten any tech support on a Rollei, Polaroid, or (film) Contax lately?
Technology evolves, and eventually becomes obsolete. We are currently in a period of obscolescence for most film technologies, but are fortunate enough to live in a technical age where retro enthusiasm spreads through the very technology it disdains and offshore manufacturing costs make production of supplies for even obscolescent technologies financially feasible.
Believe me, I don't want to see the film era end, let alone the DSLR era, but eventually it will come. I just hope it won't be until long after I no longer care.
Andy
Aug 20, 2018 11:36:17 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
BebuLamar wrote:
They can stop making the DSLR or mirrorless but how can they be wiped out? I still have my fully functioning film cameras.
Wiped out - High altitude EMP blast, high powered solar flare, but then cameras would be low on the concerns list!!!
Aug 20, 2018 11:45:09 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
In todays world of pre-planned obsolescence, parts shortages will be our biggest worry. Once a car or truck model (for instance) passes the "ten years after the last one was made" mark, parts availability falls off quickly. In the world of dirt bikes and atv's, none of the mfg. dealerships will even work on the old stuff (over 10 years old), which sucks for the vehicle owner, but keeps the aftermarket bike shops in business. Getting to be the same with a lot of items.
Aug 20, 2018 11:49:23 #
CO wrote:
That's nitpicking. That's how it's been stated from the start of this thread.
It is NOT nitpicking. The term is an industry standard acronym dating back to the mid-1980s and the world of desktop publishing.
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