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It is a cliche but a true statement. A lot of people bought and don't use their cameras because they are too lazy to carry them around. It is easier to leave yo
by akumen 13y ago
It is a cliche but a true statement. A lot of people bought and don't use their cameras because they are too lazy to carry them around. It is easier to leave your camera at home now that your smartphone can take a decent photo in most situations.
In the film days you had to carry a small compact or you wouldn't have any photos ;) In the early smart phone days ... same, a small digital compact or best you'd end up were some grainy VGA shots. Now ... most smartphone can produce a decent result.
I could never explain the explosion of DSLRs among the general public that left the mode dial on "Auto" the entire time. It was fashionable and I guess camera makers did a great marketing job.
- prof_hobart 13y agoFor compacts, I'd agree. But most articles, like this one, pretend it's true for DSLRs or similar. And that's simply not true, or even close to true. Like I say, the people who have replaced their DSLRs with smartphones didn't need a DSLR in the first place.
- akumen 13y agoExactly, if a smartphone can replace a DSLR then you did't really need one in the first place. Hence, the idea that DSLRs are not going to be sold to the general public anymore and will return to be a niche product for enthusiasts/pros.
- prof_hobart 13y agoBut then you didn't need a DSLR before the camera phone arrived either.
- DanBC 13y agoThey want the subject in focus and everything else blurry. Thus they also use a zoom lens on their DSLR instead of learning to set apperture. Those dead simple film slrs taught people about optics and light in a way that isn't as easily available now.
- akumen 13y agoI'd say that most DSLRs never left Auto mode or anything other than the kits lens they shipped with attached to them. I was never an SLR guy, film or digital ... always though they were bigger and less convenient than rangefinders. Heck, for OM-D I only own two lenses ... a 24mm and a 50mm equivalent, which all I ever needed really. Next step is probably a FF compact with a 35/2.0 or faster, doesn't even need to interchangeable.