Dire Warnings
Jan 21, 2021 06:16:27 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
Mac wrote:
We see many dire warnings on UHH. The end of DSLRs. The demise of Nikon. Etc. For the most part these warnings come from people who do not use the equipment they are predicting the failure of. For example mirrorless users predicting DSLRs are finished, or Canon/Sony users predicting the collapse of Nikon. It seems the people initiating these posts get perverse enjoyment from seeing other brands have difficulties.
Or maybe they get it from you tube reviewers. I haven't seen the financial statements for Nikon. Don't know I could make a prediction even if I did. If the Johnny Carson Show was still on , he could ask Swanny!
Jan 21, 2021 06:44:48 #
Mac wrote:
We see many dire warnings on UHH. The end of DSLRs. The demise of Nikon. Etc. For the most part these warnings come from people who do not use the equipment they are predicting the failure of. For example mirrorless users predicting DSLRs are finished, or Canon/Sony users predicting the collapse of Nikon. It seems the people initiating these posts get perverse enjoyment from seeing other brands have difficulties.
Spoken like a buggy whip manufacturer.
Jan 21, 2021 07:00:47 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Mac wrote:
We see many dire warnings on UHH. The end of DSLRs. The demise of Nikon. Etc. For the most part these warnings come from people who do not use the equipment they are predicting the failure of. For example mirrorless users predicting DSLRs are finished, or Canon/Sony users predicting the collapse of Nikon. It seems the people initiating these posts get perverse enjoyment from seeing other brands have difficulties.
Most of the time those folks who are preaching doom and gloom just want to spit into the wind, or pull the mask of the lone ranger. I pay them little attention as they are only expressing their OPINION, they are just TALKING HEADS and most of them never post images cause they are not capable of taking a decent image.
Camera companies will be in business long after I am 6 feet under.
I follow the MAD Magazine creed, " WHAT, ME WORRY?"
Jan 21, 2021 07:01:39 #
joer wrote:
Spoken like a buggy whip manufacturer.
I really don't think this is true. Most of us are older and I think change bothers us. I know I wish things would go back to the way they were. When I initiated this topic it was not in my mind to make others feel bad. Just hated to see a brand like Nikon struggle. Change isn't always good.
Jan 21, 2021 07:45:43 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Reading other people's stories can give you inspiration and hope and the confidence you can afford a mirrorless camera from Canon.
Or the leader in mirrorless, Sony!
Jan 21, 2021 07:46:00 #
Mac wrote:
We see many dire warnings on UHH. The end of DSLRs. The demise of Nikon. Etc. For the most part these warnings come from people who do not use the equipment they are predicting the failure of. For example mirrorless users predicting DSLRs are finished, or Canon/Sony users predicting the collapse of Nikon. It seems the people initiating these posts get perverse enjoyment from seeing other brands have difficulties.
Still like my dslr's. Electronic viewfinders are hard to use in bright sunlight and invariably have some slight delay over direct view through the mirror.
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Jan 21, 2021 07:46:01 #
cmc4214 wrote:
A friend of mine once said "The first thing they do in college is to remove the common sense"
BOY I was lucky, I managed to keep mine!
Jan 21, 2021 07:51:38 #
AZNikon wrote:
Well put! 
I would agree and may I add that most of the harsh comments I hear are from rank amateurs who have been told by other rank amateurs that a certain brand is the best. I have been involved in photography since I was 14 yrs old. I have used Kodak box cameras, 35mm film cameras, of numerous 'denominations', medium format, and view cameras. Made a living for my large family for about 20 years with a camera of one kind or another. In the late 80's and early 90's I worked for two different newspapers in northeast Arkansas. They both provided Nikons for their editorial and sales staff. I fell in love with Nikon and own several of them today, along with Canon and Olympus. Is Nikon better, or the best? I don't know, and really who cares! I like how they feel and handle. But, whatever camera I have in my hand, it does not do all the work. That is up to ME. I am the one taking the pictures and the camera is just a tool.
And my feelings on cell phone cameras? Here's how I see it. Everyone wants to take pictures, but not everyone wants to be a photographer. I think that is largely responsible for the loss of market by major camera manufacturers. I know that technically using any device that can capture an image is basically photography, but, to me, a photographer in the broadest sense of the word is someone who loves and studies the craft and educates himself in the use of the equipment and techniques to accomplish the task of good photography.
Jan 21, 2021 08:39:58 #
Jan 21, 2021 08:42:35 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Send all those crappy, out-dated, useless, primitive, stinkin, rotten old DSLR's to me, I'll give them a loving home, and lots of (at least occassional) use........ don't care what brand, they are all welcome!!!! Mirror inside, no mirror inside, I don't care, longs as it will take a picture, or at least "look good" !!!! I would go on, but don't want to bore anyone with old DSLR crap......
DSLR's, we don't need no stinkin DSLR's......... .. ..
:-)
DSLR's, we don't need no stinkin DSLR's......... .. ..
:-)
Jan 21, 2021 08:45:34 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Reading other people's stories can give you inspiration and hope and the confidence you can afford a mirrorless camera from Canon.
Smile.....
Jan 21, 2021 08:46:06 #
quixdraw wrote:
Trolling again. I have several quality mirrorless, use them on occasion but much prefer my DSLRS. There is no difference in the photos from one to the other that you can show. It is about vision and capability, not tools. Speaking of that...taking pleasure from the misery of others is called Schadenfreude - not a character trait to be proud of.
Jan 21, 2021 08:56:00 #
Dave H2 wrote:
Still like my dslr's. Electronic viewfinders are hard to use in bright sunlight and invariably have some slight delay over direct view through the mirror.
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I agree. I was trying to chimp with my d700 some years ago and thought that it was not taking the picture. For now, the Sony a7III has a viewfinder as well as the back viewscreen. There is no lag from button press to picture capture, unlike many lower grade cameras.
Jan 21, 2021 08:58:27 #
There are three responses to a great image: yes, no and mirrorless cameras sure do make nice pictures.
Jan 21, 2021 09:02:05 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
There are three responses to a great image: yes, no and mirrorless cameras sure do make nice pictures.
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