The DSLR is obsolete? Oh.

[fmw]

I would assume that everything we have will become obsolete at some point. I started photography with a Speed Graphic, an old 4X5 hand held press camera. No one would have imagined a digital SLR in those days. A battery operated cell phone with a camera would have been considered science fiction.

 

[Braineack]

I think one of the biggest advantages that DSLRs have today are the huge selection of lenses, anything you can think of. With mirrorless there is only a small selection and cheap they are not. Sure you can adapt them to mirrorless cameras but I rather not use an adapter.

Newsflash:
lens adapters are inexpensive and some mirrorless lens are cheap !
www.flickr.com/photos/mmirrorless

Help:
Find me an inexpensive Nikon F to Sony E AF-S lens adapter ! and some cheap f/2.8 or f/4 zoom lenses !
The Braineack’s albums | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

good luck.

 

[robbins.photo]

Newsflash:
lens adapters are inexpensive and some mirrorless lens are cheap !
www.flickr.com/photos/mmirrorless

Lens adapters are "inexpensive" only if you want a lens adapter that will require you to manually focus a lens. That makes them pretty undesirable for a lot of us who shoot stuff that doesn't tend to stay in one spot for very long.

 

[Braineack]

I dont see the problem with manually focusing and using the EVF for this lens:

 

[robbins.photo]

I dont see the problem with manually focusing and using the EVF for this lens:

A lot would depend on what you shoot, and how good your eyesight is - some of us have trouble manually focusing even stationary objects, myself included, due to poor eyesight.

 

[nerwin]

I dont see the problem with manually focusing and using the EVF for this lens:

I don't think that will fit in my pocket.

 

[unpopular]

until either edge detection improves or sensor-side phase contrast af makes its way into mirrorless, af and action photography will be lacking. But being that both canon and fuji have image sensors with hase detection, its only a matter of time, and frankly im suprised it isnt avaialable yet.

a as for low light and poor eyesight, that isnt a problem provided that lag can be addressed since the image in an evf is reflectve of the exposure. Focus assist and viewfinder zoom likewise help tremendously.

if avalanch photodiode arrays canmake their way into photography, then the dslr is done. Already the technology is used in scientific imaging, such as spectrometry. I suspect that in 10 to 20 years color avalanch diode sensors will replace cmos. At that point we can expect pmt performance on a chip. The SNR would be so high that, along with signal processing and display improvements, the optical finder would be vastly inferior.

 

[nerwin]

until either edge detection improves or sensor-side phase contrast af makes its way into mirrorless, af and action photography will be lacking. But being that both canon and fuji have image sensors with hase detection, its only a matter of time, and frankly im suprised it isnt avaialable yet.

a as for low light and poor eyesight, that isnt a problem provided that lag can be addressed since the image in an evf is reflectve of the exposure. Focus assist and viewfinder zoom likewise help tremendously.

if avalanch photodiode arrays canmake their way into photography, then the dslr is done. Already the technology is used in scientific imaging, such as spectrometry. I suspect that in 10 to 20 years color avalanch diode sensors will replace cmos. At that point we can expect pmt performance on a chip. The SNR would be so high that, along with signal processing and display improvements, the optical finder would be vastly inferior.

So its probably not wise to ditch my DSLR right now.

 

[chuasam]

I mucked around with a Sony RX1Rii today. I would ditch my DSLR in an instant to use that as a travel camera.

 

[astroNikon]

I mucked around with a Sony RX1Rii today. I would ditch my DSLR in an instant to use that as a travel camera.

FF sensor? expensive "little pocket" camera.

 

[chuasam]

I mucked around with a Sony RX1Rii today. I would ditch my DSLR in an instant to use that as a travel camera.

FF sensor? expensive "little pocket" camera.

It's soooooo good

 

[Braineack]

its too small. look how rinky dink it is.

I can see the design sessions during devleopment...

CEO: design a camera kinda like this

Design team:

CEO: approved.

 

[chuasam]

its too small. look how rinky dink it is.

I can see the design sessions during devleopment...

CEO: design a camera kinda like this

Design team:

View attachment 123115

CEO: approved.

It's a Platonic ideal of a camera.
You should see my watch

Looks exactly like a platonic ideal of a watch

 

[Braineack]

reminds me of will ferrel trying to use his phone:

 

[nerwin]

Zoo lander phone? Hehe