You ever wonder???

Roger wrote:

Greetings Sigma People

You ever wonder how much longer new digital camera will keep coming out, and what this means for lens sales? I mean they will be around, but to be honest why buy? My son is in school for video production, and for all his stills and video work he use the FP and the Minolta XD11 with Minolta MD lenses. Why? Because they are inexpensive and excellent cameras and lenses. He shoots film for his important still work, he says it's different, has a different look and his customers like it better. His cost ($6.00 USD a roll for processing and film his B&W are about $.75 cent USD a roll this includes scanning) are way lower than a new $4000 USD digital camera and lenses to match, his FP works with different adapters, is FF and has a different color palette. Even with the EFV-11 it's still cost less than others, and it interchanges with Leica (My Leica CL and FL) the CL and the FP use the same lenses and batteries. With the MC-21 adapter SA to L I can use all my SA lenses if I want to, or if he wants too.

To be honest I'm done buying, I have no need for new, I have way to much gear and I can see where this would be an issue for Sigma and other camera companies. Why design and produce a new camera that may not sell enough units to recover the expense of producing that unit.

Look at all the used stuff on the market, not to mention cell phones. Look at what the new Google Pixel 7 and the iPhones can do. Do you real need a digital camera and lenses to boot? I was watching a program about the new I want to be a Pro Photographer, what was their answer, P mode. They gave the wanna bees a Leica M to shoot an assignment with, what a mess, one could even turn it on, another wanted her AF back as it was to hard to shoot the Leica.

So why buy? I think I'll use my money to travel keeping in mind smaller is better.

Go out and just do it

Roger J.

They will keep developing. It won't stop. Both film, mirrorless and phones. You get a different look from each. And as great as the phones are, the ergonomics are not. I don't see any fix for that either.