If you track how the photography market has done over the last decade the mobile phones with camera’s have taken a MAJOR bite out of the market.
This leaves the sub $1,000 cameras out, and those have really already disappeared for the most part, which leaves us with larger cameras that can do things your IPhone and Androids can’t…. There are some small snap shot type cameras left, but they get left at home more than not.
Mostly sports, wildlife, and landscapes…
What is crazy - instead of focusing on making DSLR cameras easier to use, the makers focused on changing the lense system to mirror less, which is fine but at the same time they stopped development on the DSLR for things people really wanted and have been asking for… i.e. they left off “theft deterrence” and other options that the phones have - this is / was stupid.
SO - now you I have to buy new lenses along with a camera if I want to get the new features as they FINALLY start coming out … this stinks.
Mirrorless tech is just now where it should be with the Nikon Z9, Sony A1, and Cannon R3 but of course we’re talking about flagship cameras that cost well over 4,000.
So we should see those features trickle down into the semi-pro / Advanced armature level cameras, and if there are any “kit’s” left that run into the 1500 to 2k area left after the smart phone evolutions they would get some as well.
I wouldn’t mind buying a top end DLSR (they have mirrors) but they ended the tech evolution - and frankly they hardly ever upgrade the software on them anyway…
ARGH… the big reward of mirrorless - no shutter noise … and better features in the future, at least they are at par now… but for way, way too many $$$$.
This leaves the sub $1,000 cameras out, and those have really already disappeared for the most part, which leaves us with larger cameras that can do things your IPhone and Androids can’t…. There are some small snap shot type cameras left, but they get left at home more than not.
Mostly sports, wildlife, and landscapes…
What is crazy - instead of focusing on making DSLR cameras easier to use, the makers focused on changing the lense system to mirror less, which is fine but at the same time they stopped development on the DSLR for things people really wanted and have been asking for… i.e. they left off “theft deterrence” and other options that the phones have - this is / was stupid.
SO - now you I have to buy new lenses along with a camera if I want to get the new features as they FINALLY start coming out … this stinks.
Mirrorless tech is just now where it should be with the Nikon Z9, Sony A1, and Cannon R3 but of course we’re talking about flagship cameras that cost well over 4,000.
So we should see those features trickle down into the semi-pro / Advanced armature level cameras, and if there are any “kit’s” left that run into the 1500 to 2k area left after the smart phone evolutions they would get some as well.
I wouldn’t mind buying a top end DLSR (they have mirrors) but they ended the tech evolution - and frankly they hardly ever upgrade the software on them anyway…
ARGH… the big reward of mirrorless - no shutter noise … and better features in the future, at least they are at par now… but for way, way too many $$$$.