Ed Chu wrote:
dump the DSLRs now, before they lose their value ?
But then I'd have to spend a lot of money on a new system, when the one I have is working fine. Every camera goes down in value every day. I'll stick with what I have.
The day is coming when folks will stop asking, 'what lens did you use', and start asking, 'was that shot with a DSLR or MIRRORLESS'.
Knowing will improve their photography at least 300%.
DSLR cameras may drop in value for a while, but your great-great grandkids will make a fortune selling them to museums.
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Sorry but this type of alarmist article shows up regularly on almost every photo forum.
MrBob
Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama
Are we into photography or finance...? Looking back it seems like some of my best captures were done with older, supposedly less sophisticated cameras. A device does not trump creativity and originality.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
It won't change my photography - and DSLRs AND Mirrorless cameras will lose their value thanks to the never ending quest for market superiority and novelty as a means of attaining higher market share. Articles like these are not at all interesting. But what is entertaining are the arguments that articles like these create. This one could go on for 10 pages.
When I try the link, I get a page asking me to sign in or create an account on Microsoft Outlook.
What value? As soon as it still works and serves me good, this's the value for me!
How much value is in a DSLR long term? If you buy a $6000 DSLR today how much it would be worth in 5 years, in 10 years? Assuming you use it very little and it's in perfect condition.
It's hard to take an article seriously which has as many grammatical errors as this one does.
Mine is nine years old, it has already "lost its value", but to me, just like all my "older" cars, it still has great value to me.
More than it would for anyone else. Value is relative.
"...Are we into photography or finance...? epic response...
reality check... "The things you own end up owning you..."
btw, my Yoga mat is 18 years old and brings far more joy to my world than photography ever has (or ever will)...
Maybe its time to get off UHH Ed Chu and get a life, k?
Whatever I buy, be it a camera, a car, a TV, whatever, they are purchased to be used. Their value to me and probably anyone reading this, is not monetary, their value is in their utility.
Yeah, Canon is definitely moving towards mirrorless. At one time I found that idea to be very distressing. I didn't want anything to threaten my 5DIV. Until I decided to buy an EOS R six or seven months ago. The 5DIV has been virtually untouched since then. In fact, it's sitting here all boxed up ready to be sold. What have I lost? A noisy, vibrating mirror and a less then perfect auto-focus. The R's auto-focus is dead on every time, not just most of the time. I can live with that! In every way that is important to me the R performs at or above the level of my 5DIV.
While I no longer fear the loss of new DSLR's keep in mind that fifty years ago, during the gas shortages, everyone was predicting that the internal combustion engine would be gone in ten years. Doesn't seem to have worked out that way!
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