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That's great. Despite the fact that I had little to no use for dpreview anymore (I haven't picked up my SLR in 5-10 years), it made me very sad that dpreview wa

• jojobas 3y ago
  There is quite a deep connection between people like you or me not picking up their (D)SLRs in years and dpreview getting sold. The Moor has done his duty.
  • prmoustache 3y ago
    They not only cater to DSLR, high end compact cameras were also reviewed but your point still stand. I still think there is still a niche market good enough for a website to strive. Photographers and lots of Vloggers still use high end cameras.
    • jojobas 3y ago
      Yes, high end (and not so high end as also reviewed) compact cameras are even more irrelevant these days.
      • usrusr 3y ago
        In part because manufacturers fail to identify niches underserved by phones. E.g. gopro-sized and gopro-robust, but unlike gopro/clones with stills as a core competency and not just as an afterthought (e.g. the entire stabilization approach of gopro-class devices does not apply at all to stills). I see a lot of people taking stills with a gopro in situations where they would consider their phone too bulky and/or too fragile. An RX100 will fit those situations no better than the phone.