After all, technology is moving so fast and DSLR prices are
dropping...
Yes. There is not much room for Sony to just stay there. Even
maintaining at the price level of $1,000 is just helpless from
preventing advance users that eventually would switch to D-SLR as
the prices drop sharp.
Very true. Judging from the photos and comments posted on this
forum, most F707 users have quite advanced skills and requirements,
and I fully expect that many are looking at a DSLR rather than a
simple upgrade to their F707s.
While my skills as a photographer may be quite limited compared to
other STFers, I did take the leap last month by moving from an F707
to a D30. I have to reluctantly admit that they are worlds apart.
As far as I am concerned, a 6MP DSLR is not all that appealing
since it would require a total upgrade of my system (CPU, storage).
While the 5MP images I got from my F707 were more or less adequate
straight out of the camera, the wider dynamic range, low noise, and
color space provided by a DSLR would allow
much more leeway to
post-process images with no or minimal loss of image quality.
In other words, getting a high MP digital SLR without having the
necessary processing power to handle its images somewhat defeats
the purpose. This, added to the price of addtional lenses (which
will
not be dropping in parallel with the price of bodies) means
that a move to a digital SLR would require a much bigger investment
than some would think.
This is where "consumer" products like the F707 could still have
some selling power even around the $1000 price mark.
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