The end of the DSLR?
Oct 26, 2018 19:04:51 #
Feb 12, 2019 08:35:33 #
Yes. Flippin' mirrors have been around for 100 years in one form or another. The real killer will be when (a) electronic finders get really good and (b) a new generation comes along who never looked through an optical finder.
Feb 12, 2019 10:01:29 #
My first SLR, Pentax, 1965, had no computer just a needle for exposure control. Optical viewfinder was so dark with lens stopped down you could not really see much. I remember doing a semi pro job at the Royal Albert Hall and hearing the shutter/mirror click echo across the auditorium. All subsequent pictures taken at loud moments.
50 years brings a lot of progress.
50 years brings a lot of progress.
Feb 12, 2019 11:41:26 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
With all the major players going mirrorless
is this the slow end for DSLRs?
With all the major players going mirrorless
is this the slow end for DSLRs?
No.
NOT Slow !
Begins sorta slow but once the camels
nose pokes under the tent, then all of
a sudden ... *COLLAPSE* !
But just before the collapse we have
some time for trollish questions like
"is this the slow end for DSLRs?"
Enjoy the ride !
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Feb 12, 2019 11:42:58 #
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The midway is open.
No one is forced to play but if
not, then why go to the fair in
the first place ;-)
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The midway is open.
No one is forced to play but if
not, then why go to the fair in
the first place ;-)
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Feb 12, 2019 12:07:09 #
radiojohn wrote:
Yes. Flippin' mirrors have been around for 100 years
in one form or another. The real killer will be when
(a) electronic finders get really good and (b) a new
generation comes along who never looked through an
optical finder.
Yes. Flippin' mirrors have been around for 100 years
in one form or another. The real killer will be when
(a) electronic finders get really good and (b) a new
generation comes along who never looked through an
optical finder.
Exactly !
All of us who followed the SLR from Cantankerous
to Usable to Ubiquitous never imagined its journey
would ever end. Just a failure of imagination tho ...
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OTOH, what the SLR represented, what it offered
the user, is not ending. The SLR, as indicated by its
name, is all about interchanging lenses and using
lens-mounted accessories without any cumbersome
Rube Goldberg contraptions. In its day, only an SLR
allowed zoom lenses, use of dioptres and tubes, etc
etc etc without guesswork and without VF parallax.
The only glitch in the whole SLR thing was the flip
mirror. Finally, even that has been addressed. IOW
it's still the same journey, still linear progress.
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