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To the original point. I honestly believe that eventually there will be no moving parts within the camera body. This just seems like the way technology goes. Look at how far things have come since the first DSLRs, and that's a really short timeframe. It may take a few false starts, but it will happen.
You are absolutely correct, and that is the direction of technology. Any pro who wants to be successful stays ahead of change and is not obsessed by the past.
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I don't want to get into the argument, but that's like saying that the gear is what makes the photographer...
I know several portrait photographers who use large format view cameras. Does that make them less of a pro because their camera doesn't have everything and the kitchen sink? Nope. It just means that they are more deliberate and skillful than probably 70% of DSLR/DSLT users.
Large format view cameras fit the needs of some portrait photographers, particularly if they are working in a studio and if that is the only kind of photography they are doing. Taking one out on location to another country or doing sports photography with it is something however that most would not even attempt. You also realize of course that the market for large format view cameras is limited to say the least.
However those pros that shoot on location would love a smaller interchangeable lens camera as silent as the Leica rangefinder M series, with continuous shooting not limited by the mirror, without the need for a tripod, remote, and flipping the mirror up to avoid vibration, with a viewfinder that allows you to see the effect of your auto or manual exposure settings, with exposure readings directly off the sensor, with ISO into the 100,000 area, with no Bayer filter on the sensor, no need for anti-aliasing, flash sync at any shutterspeed, a much cheaper price....the list goes on. The point is that if the camera makers see the market expanding for mirror-less cameras, then that is where the new features and technology will go.
You can see from the present marketplace that in a tight market, few pros that work on location or in several locations want to be at a technological disadvantage related to their competition. (That is of course, assuming that they want to be successful from a financial perspective.)
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