The end of the DSLR?
Oct 21, 2018 12:11:28 #
Oct 21, 2018 12:29:34 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless is this the slow end for DSLRs?
Can't predict the future but I can guess. I think it would take something like 10 years at least for all manufacturers to stop making DSLR completely. But I think I will continue using a DSLR until I die.
Oct 21, 2018 12:35:28 #
It's the end for me, but (maybe) not for thee? I have been shooting Olympus m4/3 for about three years, and recently purchased a Nikon Z7. I'll never go back to a DSLR, but others will certainly disagree. It may be the future, but there will be many who, for very good reasons, want to hang on to their DSLRs for a lot longer than ten years.
Oct 21, 2018 12:44:27 #
There are many non professionals, like myself, who will probably continue to use DSLRs for years to come. I can understand why a professional would want to go mirrorless, but non professional consumers making the jump from cell phones to something better are not going to want to fork over more than $2,000 or $3,000 for a mirrorless camera. Until prices drop significantly, companies like Nikon and Canon will continue to make entry level (and affordable) DSLRs to get people hooked into their ecosystems. So my guess is we will continue to see DSLRs, especially lower priced ones, for a number of years.
Oct 21, 2018 12:46:57 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless is this the slow end for DSLRs?
mark, there are only two major players, that's Canikon and I have seen NOWHERE that they intend to stop making DSLR's. Just because both recently introduced a ML doesn't mean anything as far as I can see!
Are you basing your question on just a hunch or after seeming reliable information somewhere???
I certainly don't se a slow end. I won't be buying a ML anytime soon!
SS
Oct 21, 2018 12:59:36 #
rangel28 wrote:
I can understand why a professional would want to go mirrorless.
I can understand why a professional would want to go mirrorless.
WHY do professionals want to go ML? What professionals??
How many pros do you know have gone ML?
There is one guy here that wherever he shoots, everybody is using ML but that is NOT my experience!!!
I do see the guys shooting video using steady-cams using ML 4/3!
SS
Oct 21, 2018 13:03:45 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless is this the slow end for DSLRs?
People have been predicting the end of the DSLR for years. First they were predicting that cell phones would replace DSLRs, now mirrorless. Yet manufacturers are still making DSLRs and bringing out new models and people are still buying them. Only time will tell of course, but I don't see it happening (if it does happen at all) any time soon.
Oct 21, 2018 13:04:30 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless is this the slow end for DSLRs?
Why? Nikon and Canon released mirrorless to syphon sales off of Sony, with the benefit of being able to use existing lenses, might work. But, look at any shot of Professionals on a Red Carpet or in a press conf. The majority are Canon and Nikon, not anybody else.
Oct 21, 2018 13:07:30 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Can't predict the future but I can guess. I think it would take something like 10 years at least for all manufacturers to stop making DSLR completely. But I think I will continue using a DSLR until I die.
Ditto.
Oct 21, 2018 13:07:30 #
I think the DSLR has a long future . Mirror-less is just a baby. We still drive cars that use gasoline even though they make Electric Cars. Happy shooting.
Oct 21, 2018 13:10:01 #
When Canon's professional mirrorless model is done at the 2020 Olympics in Japan, slapping mirror-based cameras will exist only in the rearview mirror ...
Oct 21, 2018 13:12:39 #
Remember a few years back when tablets were going to be the end of all PCs and by now no one would be using a regular computer anymore? This is a lot like that. People are always quick to jump onto the demise of "old" tech, but often things stick around much longer than the pundits predict.
Oct 21, 2018 13:17:40 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless is this the slow end for DSLRs?
Yeah, but not until the sky falls . . . I heard that from a reliable little bird . . . Just sayin'
Oct 21, 2018 13:18:02 #
Steve Perry wrote:
Remember a few years back when tablets were going to be the end of all PCs and by now no one would be using a regular computer anymore? This is a lot like that. People are always quick to jump onto the demise of "old" tech, but often things stick around much longer than the pundits predict.
Clear and lucid thinking, Steve. Thank you.
Oct 21, 2018 13:19:14 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless is this the slow end for DSLRs?
In a word ... “yes.” And yes, it will be slow. DSLR sales for Nikon and Canon are going down. Why do you think they’ve finally made the decision to come out with mirrorless?
Many current DSLR owners will not make the transition to mirrorless cameras, for the simple reason that it works for them and they have a big investment in lenses.
For someone buying an interchangeable digital lens camera for the first time, there’s just too many benefits to mirrorless over DSLR. Size, weight, cost, EVF, etc.
Sony and Fujifilm are the current leaders in mirrorless cameras. The quality of their glass is great. IMHO for $1,500 right now you can’t buy a better interchangeable lens camera than the Fujifilm XT-3! It rivals most high end DSLR’s for EVERY type of shooting, with currently 43 different lenses available, and counting. Fujifilm also periodically comes out with firmware updates, to add new features to their existing cameras that are found in their newer cameras. You don’t see Nikon and Canon doing that.
Mirrorless is the future.
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