Photography 101

[chrisinhouston]

My DSLR will be a thing of the past when they pry it out of my dead cold hands!

Actually the new compacts are nice and I wouldn't mind one for those times when I want to take pictures without the weight and hassle of the big cameras and lenses. But they are amateur level cameras and not professional so it's like comparing apples to oranges. The LCD only viewfinder and the short batter life are 2 factors that separate them from good DSLRs as well as most have limitations when shooting in Raw. And it's not quite the same as the demise of film use in both the industry and for consumers. For professionals film usage has dwindled because digital quality has gotten progressively better and film is getting to be harder to have processed; not only Kodachrome but even E6 or B&W since supply and demand dictates how often a lab runs it's film processing line.

All my film cameras, from 8x10 to 35mm are gone and I don't miss them. I got plenty out of them and they served me well.