New year hopes : What should the camera makers be working on for 2024 ??
Dec 24, 2023 07:57:05 #
Although camera manufacturers will continue to manufacture mirrorless cameras and lenses the dSLR will not disappear. I use my Nikon D7000 very often, more than I use the D610.
My concept of mirrorless is cameras and lenses that are small, reason why I went with Olympus. I know that some of their professional lenses are big and heavy but technology does not allow otherwise. My "long" lens is the kit Zuiko 40-150 f4-5.6 which is small and light enough to take anywhere. I am very pleased with the quality of images I get from it.
When it comes to cameras and lenses I do not wish much because it is impossible to know what manufacturers have in mind, which will be guided by the market. My only hope is a finally better performance in camera to control noise. I know denoise programs do a great job but it is another step controlling noise. I also hope prices get under control, now Nikon and Sony price their cameras as if they were Leicas.
Why Pentax wants to introduce film cameras is beyond my understanding.
My concept of mirrorless is cameras and lenses that are small, reason why I went with Olympus. I know that some of their professional lenses are big and heavy but technology does not allow otherwise. My "long" lens is the kit Zuiko 40-150 f4-5.6 which is small and light enough to take anywhere. I am very pleased with the quality of images I get from it.
When it comes to cameras and lenses I do not wish much because it is impossible to know what manufacturers have in mind, which will be guided by the market. My only hope is a finally better performance in camera to control noise. I know denoise programs do a great job but it is another step controlling noise. I also hope prices get under control, now Nikon and Sony price their cameras as if they were Leicas.
Why Pentax wants to introduce film cameras is beyond my understanding.
Dec 24, 2023 08:00:30 #
camerapapi wrote:
Why Pentax wants to introduce film cameras is beyond my understanding.
Why Pentax wants to introduce film cameras is beyond my understanding.
That is simple - they are looking at what young artists are using. Some people think DSLRs are passe.
Dec 24, 2023 08:10:07 #
A Nikon Z80, APSC, IBIS, weather proof, same size as Z50, 26mp sensor, essentially a D500 replacement.
Dec 24, 2023 08:17:55 #
BigQ wrote:
A Nikon Z80, APSC, IBIS, weather proof, same size as Z50, 26mp sensor, essentially a D500 replacement.
I second that emotion!
Dec 24, 2023 09:26:02 #
"New year hopes : What should the camera makers be working on for 2024 ??"
Make them look more like a cell phone.
Make them look more like a cell phone.
Dec 24, 2023 09:34:07 #
CPR wrote:
"New year hopes : What should the camera makers be working on for 2024 ??"
Make them look more like a cell phone.
Make them look more like a cell phone.
A cell phone has lenses attached! I moved to DSLR because of the flexibility, allowing me to use whatever lens would be useful at the moment.
Dec 24, 2023 09:50:08 #
imagemeister wrote:
Many u-tubers have been posing this theme lately .... (show quote)
How about a cheap x100???
Merry Christmas πππ
Dec 24, 2023 09:51:02 #
imagemeister wrote:
Yes, so this would be basically updating the RX100 ....to M4/3
Excellent idea!
Dec 24, 2023 09:57:20 #
CPR wrote:
....Make them look more like a cell phone.
The reality is that the cell phone manufacturers are aspiring to make cell phone cameras as good as large sensor cameras. They're doing very well but they're still not there yet - and probably never will be.
Dec 24, 2023 10:15:46 #
imagemeister wrote:
Many u-tubers have been posing this theme lately .... (show quote)
For me, Ricoh to come to their senses and make a flagship Pentax MILC, i.e., Mirrorless "K-1 mark II - like". And for all manufacturers this technical detail, make your cameras native 16-bit RAW. SmartPhone cameras with an ability to choose Ζ-stops from say Ζ/1.7 to Ζ/5.6 to control DoF. I often shoot close-ups with my Phone, as I do with my DSLRs.
Dec 24, 2023 10:38:24 #
lreisner
Loc: Union,NJ
imagemeister wrote:
Many u-tubers have been posing this theme lately .... (show quote)
Sadly, my guess is that wishing for a new Sony Rx10 is a long shot in coming true. It is not in the company's interest to create a camera that needs few accessories, think lenses. Would I buy an updated one, yes in a heart beat. Beyond that, I do not need anything else to be created that would give me GAS! π
Happy New Year to all!
Dec 24, 2023 10:38:36 #
Several corps will just try to stay...solvent.
I see the wish lists from everyone...the typical stuff.
But what will happen...as opposed to what is wished for is...
Sony is going to integrate AI right on the chip sensor...making another leap forward in capability.
That's what WILL happen.
I see the wish lists from everyone...the typical stuff.
But what will happen...as opposed to what is wished for is...
Sony is going to integrate AI right on the chip sensor...making another leap forward in capability.
That's what WILL happen.
Dec 24, 2023 11:48:37 #
lamiaceae wrote:
For me, Ricoh to come to their senses and make a flagship Pentax MILC, i.e., Mirrorless "K-1 mark II - like".
Ricoh/Pentax did sell the βK-01β - a K-mount MILC - at one time, but apparently they decided that people expect a MILC to have lenses with a shorter flange distance, which would have diminished the value of their K-mount lenses and forced them to develop a whole new set of lenses, so they have taken a different route.
Dec 24, 2023 12:34:42 #
imagemeister wrote:
Many u-tubers have been posing this theme lately .... (show quote)
Panasonic Leica already makes the following lenses for Micro 4/3:
10-25mm f/1.7 (20-50mm FF equivalent)
25-50mm f/1.7 (50-100mm FF equivalent)
50-200mm f/2.8-f/4 (100-400mm FF equivalent)
100-400mm f/4-f/6.3 (200-800mm FF equivalent)
8-18mm f/2.8-f/4 (16-36mm FF equivalent)
12-60mm f/2.8-f/4 (24-120mm FF equivalent)
12-35mm f/2.8 (24-70mm FF equivalent)
35-100mm f/2.8 (70-200mm FF equivalent)
The first four lenses will take the user from 20mm to 800mm full frame equivalent coverage, and fit into a backpack that is tolerable for most people.
The major advantage of using zooms with smaller zoom ratios is optical performance. Those first four zooms are all very good to excellent performers. 1.4X and 2X teleconverters work with the latest incarnation of the 100-400, extending its reach to 1600mm full frame equivalent!
Micro 4/3 is pretty darned impressive already. There are dozens of other Micro 4/3 optics from OM-Systems, Panasonic, Sigma, Voigtlander, Meike, Laowa, Rokinon, Tamronβ¦
Dec 24, 2023 12:44:25 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
imagemeister wrote:
Many u-tubers have been posing this theme lately .... (show quote)
I like your idea but change the lens to a 12-400mm (24-800 equiv)...
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