Smartphones will kill off the DSLR within three years says Sony
Jun 1, 2022 18:06:30 #
I'll believe it when I see it. Computational photography has a *long* way to go to achieve the control of depth of field we can get with full frame sensors. I think low light and long lenses are going to be around for a long time too. Is Sony thinking of abandoning its line of really nice cameras and just sell sensors?
https://www.techradar.com/news/smartphones-will-kill-off-the-dslr-within-three-years-says-sony
https://www.techradar.com/news/smartphones-will-kill-off-the-dslr-within-three-years-says-sony
Jun 1, 2022 18:13:51 #
Will this apply to the Mirrorless camera as well? because the DSLR is on the way out now, and it's not because of the smartphone.... it's because of the mirrorless.....
Jun 1, 2022 18:17:54 #
... I have a phone that takes great pictures, why do I need to buy a camera...
(Save hardcore photographers)
Yea, mirrorless also.
(Save hardcore photographers)
Yea, mirrorless also.
Jun 1, 2022 18:59:31 #
Really doesn't mean a thing to me. Won't have a phone, have enough of both of the other two types and film as well. A lifetime supply of tools I enjoy.
Jun 1, 2022 19:09:26 #
Quixdraw wrote:
Really doesn't mean a thing to me. Won't have a phone, have enough of both of the other two types and film as well. A lifetime supply of tools I enjoy.
I'll still shoot for a<nother> DSLR, even though my phone takes great pictures.
Jun 1, 2022 19:10:08 #
lreisner
Loc: Union,NJ
Longshadow wrote:
... I have a phone that takes great pictures, why do I need to buy a camera...
(Save hardcore photographers)
Yea, mirrorless also.
(Save hardcore photographers)
Yea, mirrorless also.
Will the mass market for cameras eventually disappear? Probably that is already happening. Change is enviable. I do believe that mirrorless cameras will be around for a while yet. What are likely to dissappear are the single lens carry around cameras. Companies like Canon,Nikon, Sony and others would not be investing in the development of new cameras if the did not see a future further out than three or four years. That being said, that doesn't mean that the number of companies in the camera making business will not shrink even more.
Jun 1, 2022 19:21:36 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
tgreenhaw wrote:
I'll believe it when I see it. Computational photography has a *long* way to go to achieve the control of depth of field we can get with full frame sensors. I think low light and long lenses are going to be around for a long time too. Is Sony thinking of abandoning its line of really nice cameras and just sell sensors?
https://www.techradar.com/news/smartphones-will-kill-off-the-dslr-within-three-years-says-sony
https://www.techradar.com/news/smartphones-will-kill-off-the-dslr-within-three-years-says-sony
DSLRs are already being killed off. It will take probably less than 3 years the way some are buying the DSLRs that are on the store shelves. But this is hardly a surprise. Once parts become more available for mirrorless and the shelves are empty of DSLRs, we will see what happens. I seriously doubt cameras are totally going away no matter how good smartphones get. There are things that smartphones will never be able to do even in the near future.
Jun 1, 2022 19:25:59 #
lreisner wrote:
Will the mass market for cameras eventually disapp... (show quote)
It will slow down.
Most people who use cell phone camera won't be interested in also purchasing a dedicated camera (They have a camera...). There will be some may get interested in photography enough to purchase one. The cell phone is the "Instamatic" of the future. Dedicated photographers will continue to purchase dedicated cameras. Some when the new models come out (ooh, ooh, gotta have that), others when their present camera breaks or no longer meets their needs.
Jun 1, 2022 19:28:45 #
wdross wrote:
... I seriously doubt cameras are totally going away no matter how good smartphones get. There are things that smartphones will never be able to do even in the near future.
It all depends on cell phones not meeting the needs of the "photographer".
That's why I will always have a dedicated camera.
(If I say DSLR implying a dedicated camera, 500 people will let me know that MILCs are taking over and DSLRs are going away.
I refuse to type "DSLR, SLR, MILC" to keep everybody "happy".)Jun 1, 2022 19:32:37 #
You can be a phoneographer or a photographer. I'll always be the latter, one way or another.
Jun 1, 2022 19:35:18 #
Jun 1, 2022 19:39:20 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
How do you kill something that is already deceased?
With a stake? And bury facedown at a crossroads? Some things just won't die. Kinda like your commentary!
Jun 1, 2022 19:40:33 #
Quixdraw wrote:
You can be a phoneographer or a photographer. I'll always be the latter, one way or another.
I'm 10/90.
(Haha, I'll bet phoneographer turns into a derogatory term for some.
I just have two types of cameras....)
Jun 1, 2022 19:40:44 #
When the new models ended, DSLRs passed into legend. And mirrors became myth. And by 2023 only those with the longest beards could remember a time when photography was limited by mirrors.
Jun 1, 2022 19:43:10 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
When the new models ended, DSLRs passed into legend. And mirrors became myth. And by 2023 only those with the longest beards could remember a time when photography was limited by mirrors.
or a week to get one's prints/slides back.
But I'm not growing a beard.
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