Well in 97/98 when I paid almost $1000 for my Sony Mavica with a little over
300,000 pixel resolution, and the recording medium was 1 MB floppy, it was
pretty much the bees knees as far as consumer digital cameras go.
Now where did I put that thing?
Tom C.
From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: Shel Belinkoff <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Subject: Re: What Would Make a DSLR "Obsolete"?
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:40:49 -0700
Hello Shel,
Yes, to some degree it is the techno-buffs talking. The DSLR you
purchase today will continue to take pictures in the future as it is
today. In some respects, you could consider film cameras outdated as
new models were introduced. If you had a manual camera and auto
exposure were introduced, some would want that feature and feel their
old camera was outdated. Same holds true for AF.
There are some who purchased a DSLR knowing it was a compromise for
them and intending to upgrade as technology got to the point they
wanted. For those, yes, older DSLRs become obsolete.
The areas where some are wanting improvements are bigger, denser
imaging chip, better AF, faster, bigger buffer, better TTL flash
handling. Of those, somewhat knowing your style, only the imaging
chip would actually have some material effect on you. Along with
bigger chips, comes the need for more storage space and more computing
horsepower.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Tuesday, August 23, 2005, 3:47:47 AM, you wrote:
SB> As the time approaches for my purchasing a DSLR, the comments about
these
SB> cameras becoming obsolete keep running through my mind. As a user of
older
SB> film bodies, which don't become obsolete and which continue to make
good
SB> pictures and use a wide variety of lenses, it's hard to consider that
in
SB> six months or a year a new DSLR will have become "history."
SB> It seems that, unless there's a camera malfunction, these new
SB> techno-marvels should continue to make decent pics for years to come,
yet I
SB> keep hearing about how models just a few years old (or less) are dated
and
SB> need to be upgraded. Am I missing something? Is it just the
techno-buffs
SB> who are saying this - those who must have the latest and greatest, or
are
SB> there hidden issues, like software compatibility, lack of peripheral
SB> equipment (such as a memory card type being discontinued), and things
of
SB> that sort? Maybe I've answered my own question.
SB> What's the reality of getting 10 years of use from now current Pentax
DSLR?
SB> Shel
