> You are unfortunately right the cameras will dumb down as user get more
> and
> more stupid. The dSLR will soon have EVF because the end-users will want
> to
> hold a SLR at arms-length while they shoot video.
Yes, as more buyers enter this market the manufacturers will have but little
choice. This means that many camera models will be severely compromised in
the near future (they will do a lot but do nothing particularly well).
However, there should be an ongoing advanced amateur and bottom-end
professional market with enough money to spend to support serious designs.
This should save us from having to choose from only badly compromised
cameras.
Big Bill - 21 Feb 2005 03:18 GMT
>> You are unfortunately right the cameras will dumb down as user get more
>> and
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>This should save us from having to choose from only badly compromised
>cameras.
I'm not really sure this is so (but I'm not trying to argue, only to
present another view).
Right now, it seems to me that the DR/300D is the bottom of the
(credible?) DSLR heap. Canon's move wasn't to make a less expensive,
downscale model available, but rather to provide a more capable camera
at the same price point.
Why would someone like Canon or Nikon make a less capable DSLR? I
don't think there's a market pressure to do this; given the fact that
the DSLRs on the market sell very well seems to verify this.
I'm trying to say, I guess, that (universally considered) compromised
designs of DSLRs won't show up anytime soon, as those who are looking
for such cameras can simply buy a P&S with a long zoom lens, for less,
and they are already on the market.

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Alfred Molon - 21 Feb 2005 21:09 GMT
> > You are unfortunately right the cameras will dumb down as user get more
> > and
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> This should save us from having to choose from only badly compromised
> cameras.
Not sure why the 20Da is a badly compromised camera (it has live
preview).

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