DSLR going away?? I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end...

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end Mirrorless cameras make the SLR obsolete. It seems that the mirrorless does everything the SLR does and more. Sorry for what I am sure is repetition.

BebuLamar

Currently Canon, Nikon and Pentax make DSLR's in 35mm full frame and APS-C format. Leica and Hasselblad make DSLR in medium format. So they are still around but they could go away.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Maybe.
Depends if everyone can be "converted".
Then again, if they increase building mirrorless and keep reducing building DSLRs,
that will certainly help move things along, by attrition.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I might as well jump in first in what is destined to be 15+ pages.

Probably eventually. I’ve heard rumors of new DSLR models and I love my D500, but my Z7 has become my go to for everything except wildlife. I don’t see myself ever buying another DSLR.

Bill_de Loc: US

billnourse wrote:

I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end Mirrorless cameras make the SLR obsolete. It seems that the mirrorless does everything the SLR does and more. Sorry for what I am sure is repetition.

This list of posts on the subject should keep you busy.

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/search-topic-list?q=dslr+replace+mirrorless&sectnum=0&username=

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

SLR like a film body? Probably only 1 or 2 new ones since 2000.

DSLR like a digital interchangeable lens camera with an internal mirror? Word is Canon will make no more EF lenses ending in 2020. We'll probably hear no more bodies with an announcement in 2021. Where the global market leader leads, others will likely follow.

It's widely rumored whenever a Sony mirrorless body is sold, another Nikon DSLR explodes into a cloud of dust. If you have any of these risky investments, keep them in ziplock bags to help contain the mess.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

CHG_CANON wrote:

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It's widely rumored whenever a Sony mirrorless body is sold, another Nikon DSLR explodes into a cloud of dust. If you have any of these risky investments, keep them in ziplock bags to help contain the mess.

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

Bill_de wrote:

This list of posts on the subject should keep you busy.

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/search-topic-list?q=dslr+replace+mirrorless&sectnum=0&username=

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Thank you. This is what I was looking for.

JohnR Loc: The Gates of Hell

billnourse wrote:

I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end Mirrorless cameras make the SLR obsolete. It seems that the mirrorless does everything the SLR does and more. Sorry for what I am sure is repetition.

Nothing is ever obsolete in photography especially for we silly old farts in UHH. I'm sure there are members still using Box Brownies or similar and waxing eloquent as to the wonderful images they get

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

billnourse wrote:

I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end Mirrorless cameras make the SLR obsolete. It seems that the mirrorless does everything the SLR does and more. Sorry for what I am sure is repetition.

Yes, but not for some time. How long did it take after the first 18mp digital Canon was introduced to the time the last film Canon was sold? It is going to be a while. But, yes, it will eventually happen.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

billnourse wrote:

I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end Mirrorless cameras make the SLR obsolete. It seems that the mirrorless does everything the SLR does and more. Sorry for what I am sure is repetition.

I would say yes. The biggest difference I see is the size and weight. I thing a good analogy would be the portable phones of the 80's that looked like a brick with an antenna, vs. today's smartphones. Or console analog TVs of the 50's through 80's vs. the light weight backlit led lcd TVs of today. If you can get the same results in a light weight easy to carry package, I think it's a foregone conclusion that dslr's will eventually go the way of 4x5 film cameras.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

JohnR wrote:

Nothing is ever obsolete in photography especially for we silly old farts in UHH. I'm sure there are members still using Box Brownies or similar and waxing eloquent as to the wonderful images they get

I've been a member for 6 years. I have yet to see anyone post a great film photo taken with anything less than a 35mm film camera. Brownies with their fixed length half inch plastic lenses were for kids.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

billnourse wrote:

I did a search and did not turn up anything specific even though I sure it has been beat to death and I just couldn't find it. Will the current crop of high end Mirrorless cameras make the SLR obsolete. It seems that the mirrorless does everything the SLR does and more. Sorry for what I am sure is repetition.

Next Tuesday at 3:00 pm all SLRs and DSLRs will stop working. Only mirrorless, M4/3 and rangefinders will continue to work. Sell all your equipment RIGHT NOW and buy something that will function after the deadline.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Bobspez wrote:

I've been a member for 6 years. I have yet to see anyone post a great film photo taken with anything less than a 35mm film camera. Brownies where ther fixed length half inch plastic lenses were for kids.

What's less than a 35mm camera

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Mac wrote:

Next Tuesday at 3:00 pm all SLRs and DSLR will stop working. Only mirrorless, M4/3 and rangefinders will continue to work. Sell all your equipment RIGHT NOW and buy something that will function after the deadline.