Has digital camera development hit the wall?

I think that we agree - that digital cameras have not hit the wall but if the gear you have does the purpose for what you need then why worry?

Gone are the days when every new digital camera had useful and very desirable features, enough to make your then present camera seriously deficient.  No longer can anyone say "my camera takes awful images" therefore I must buy the next generation.  Not happening any more.  New cameras might improve but not enough to render the product of your present one an embarrassment at the photo-swap meet.

Strong words from a gear aquisition freak.

Cameras must progress in two main streams:

1) Simpler to use but effective (by popular demand)

2) Greater depth of control intuitively laid out (for the camera geeks)

Such things as better sensors, evf/ovf, lenses, etc, etc are only "by the way" hash-noise to keep everyone interested.

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Tom Caldwell