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Re: [OM] Death of the DSLR Camera - Gearlog

Subject: Re: [OM] Death of the DSLR Camera - Gearlog
From: Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:24:17 +0200
And good riddance too. As an avid ex-DSLR user, I can admit that they  
are kludges, all of them,
good as they may be.  In the bigger scheme of things, this temporary  
era of mixing optics/mechanics,
and a digital sensor, will soon pass.

I greatly enjoy battery-less film SLRs (OM-1, Mamiya RB67, for  
example) but have sort-of vowed that I will not
acquire a DSLR again, especially as, with video and live view, the  
kludge of having an optical finder + mirror
becomes even more apparent.

I suspect that in 5 years the DSLR will really be all but obsolete,  
surely even EOS and Nikon F-mount
cameras by then will be using all-electronic viewing systems, with no  
mirror, and one day also all-electronic
shutters. Imagine the low noise / vibration that the professional  
cameras will have then?

I personally can't wait, and am definitely sticking it out until then  
with my OM-1. No more expensive
hack for me, sir. If I *had* to buy a digital camera tomorrow (money  
no object) it's either be a Micro
four thirds model, or a Leica M9. I just can't deal with the thought  
of a typical DSLR anymore...

Anybody else feel the same?


On 01 Nov 2009, at 12:16 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> <http://www.gearlog.com/2009/10/death_of_the_dslr.php>
>
> Chuck Norcutt


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