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Seriously.... Are we all wasting a lot of money on our DSLR equipment?

Is all our shiny high tech gear that we so love and adore going to be outdated with a newer technology very soon?
 
... than actually shooting.
AusPhotographer said:
Seriously.... Are we all wasting a lot of money on our DSLR equipment?

Is all our shiny high tech gear that we so love and adore going to be outdated with a newer technology very soon?
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AusPhotographer said:
Is all our shiny high tech gear that we so love and adore going to be outdated with a newer technology very soon?
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Right. And both Edward Weston and Ansel Adams should have waited for computer-designed lenses and for color film to be perfected.
 
if you are not getting great results with the new Canon it won't be because of the camera
 
Hey....I had thousands of dollars worth of Canon FD gear and they literally turned into quaint objects very quickly.

It's unrealistic to think that all the gear we have now, isn't going to be replaced by something else one day.
 
AusPhotographer said:
Hey....I had thousands of dollars worth of Canon FD gear and they literally turned into quaint objects very quickly.

It's unrealistic to think that all the gear we have now, isn't going to be replaced by something else one day.
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Sure, I don't think anyone doubts that bigger and better things will come along in the future. There are those still shooting film that get results that digital users could only dream of getting. Point being if your waiting on the sidelines instead of shooting your only kidding yourself.
 
Coming from a computer background and Camera's are just basically a small computer this is very normal. I have no issue at all upgrading my iPhone every 15 months...I just upgraded my Mac Book Air to the 3rd gen...it is part of the cycle.

The difference is Canon...computer makers simply try to make the best and fastest that they can. Canon on the other hand has other intrest's, they can't make too good of a camera...they need a line-up.

Now they have to balance features to give us and to hold back..I bet it's a tough job!

That being said I received my 5D3 yesterday!!
 
johnclark747 said:
AusPhotographer said:
Hey....I had thousands of dollars worth of Canon FD gear and they literally turned into quaint objects very quickly.

It's unrealistic to think that all the gear we have now, isn't going to be replaced by something else one day.
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Sure, I don't think anyone doubts that bigger and better things will come along in the future. There are those still shooting film that get results that digital users could only dream of getting. Point being if your waiting on the sidelines instead of shooting your only kidding yourself.
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I'm not sitting on the sidelines at all. I have over $30,000 "invested" in my Canon DSLR gear.

It's a hobby, I make not a dime from photography. I was looking at all my gear the other day and the thought crossed my mind that all of this gear will one day out dated. When that will be, is the interesting question.
 
If you can't recoup what you invested in 3 years, it's totally wasting money. I think it's better to buy less expensive stuff that you can afford.
 
plasnu said:
If you can't recoup what you invested in 3 years, it's totally wasting money. I think it's better to buy less expensive stuff that you can afford.
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I can afford it and I like using and owning good gear, but recouping on my investment in 3 years....never going to happen, it's a hobby and I'm fine with that.

Still the day will come when all of our current is antiquated.
 
GaryJP said:
AusPhotographer said:
It's unrealistic to think that all the gear we have now, isn't going to be replaced by something else one day.
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So are we.

But we live in the present.

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Yes of course, but we all do wonder what Canon (and Nikon) are going to bring out in the future in regards to updates to DLSR technology don't we? The rumour mill has always been well oiled and furnished. What I'm saying is that one day there WON'T be anymore updates. There day will be over, both companies will stop spending on R&D for DSLR's and that will be their death knell.

I wonder how long away that day is?
 
AusPhotographer said:
Hey....I had thousands of dollars worth of Canon FD gear and they literally turned into quaint objects very quickly.

It's unrealistic to think that all the gear we have now, isn't going to be replaced by something else one day.
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Is that not the case indeed! I had tons of Canon FD equipment (including the interesting 400mm bellows-focus telephoto). The bayonet design was such that it would not provide "reliable registration" with the new lenses Canon was designing with AUTOFOCUS, etc. Totally decimated my investment in the F1 multi-body and 15 lens system - however, I still have one camera and the delightful 19mm F3.5 wide angle for nostalgic purposes :)

At least Nikon had the smarts to adapt the F-mount appropriately to the new world - in spite of the problems associated with the diameter of the mount and that really presents problems with high speed medium focus lens design today.
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Canon is in a tough spot right now. The market that their Rebel line once dominated is being eroded away by the mirrorless cameras. In a few years I predict the rebels and entry level DSLRs as we know it will be a very small market. Cameras half the size will do what most people buy these cameras for.

So that leaves the EOS system in a quandry, as the low end of the market is their money maker. The "big" lenses will be made for high dollar, large sensor models like the 5D and 1D series for users wanting top peformance and IQ. But there is only so much market for cameras in this price bracket.

Canon will have to face the music soon and realize they really need two separate systems...small and mirrorless for the entry level, and the current EOS line for the high end. Simply put, the current EOS system will be a shrinking market on the consumer end.
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tony field said:
At least Nikon had the smarts to adapt the F-mount appropriately to the new world - in spite of the problems associated with the diameter of the mount and that really presents problems with high speed medium focus lens design today.
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Yeah - I suffered through the pain of FD being ditched - but it wasn't all bad. For a while I stuck it out with an F1 and T90 (lovely camera, didn't get the life it deserved), and was able to pick up some interesting FD lenses for comparatively little money.

Whether Canon did the right thing by changing mounts is, I guess, open to debate - but I'm pretty sure this made in lens AF, IS and a host of other technologies comparatively easy for Canon to introduce. When you think about it, its perhaps only in the last 5-6 years that Nikon has really caught up with Canon, and I'm sure much of that delay was down to the Nikon philosophy of legacy support.

Cheers,

Colin

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