How long before camera manufactures stop making DSLRs?

4 years 3 months ago #670566 by Patty Ganahl
I just watched some YouTube video's on rumored cameras.  One was from this site.  This has me curious on the future of DSLRs.  Mirrorless cameras have a strong foundation, and while I see some still teasing with upcoming DSLR models, how long will this last.  Think 1 or 2 more models before the ax DSLRs completely?


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4 years 3 months ago #670568 by Nikon Shooter
In my book, that would be a shame… a terrible shame!

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 3 months ago #670585 by effron
"How long before camera manufactures stop making DSLRs?"....

Aug 16, 2022 is the date they not only stop making them, its also the very date all DSLRs stop working.......Plan well.

Why so serious?
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4 years 3 months ago - 4 years 3 months ago #670586 by Nikon Shooter

effron wrote: " its also the very date all DSLRs stop working…




:rofl:

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4 years 3 months ago #670592 by ThatNikonGuy
PPPPSSSSSSSSTTTTTT!!!!!

Oh man that was good.  

I don't think we'll see them disappearing in the next 5 years.   Who knows except the manufactures.  


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4 years 2 months ago #670842 by Uplander
Look at how long they continued to make records.  DSLRs will continue to be made for a LONG time.  


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4 years 2 months ago #670861 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Patty

Much has been said + rumoured + mis-quoted on this topic in recent years

Look back to DP Review.com for an interview last year with the CEO of Canon Japan where he was asked this question ... his response was along the lines of "consumer-level cameras will probably all be mirrorless within a few years, but our top-level cameras, especially those used by sports photographers for events like the olympics will all remain "legacy" cameras with a full mirror mechanism and compatibility with all current lenses."

Phil from the great land Downunder
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Phil from the great land Downunder
www.flickr.com/photos/ozzie_traveller/sets/

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4 years 2 months ago #670889 by effron

Uplander wrote: Look at how long they continued to make records.  DSLRs will continue to be made for a LONG time.  


"Vinyl records earned $224.1 million (on 8.6 million units) in the first half of 2019, closing in on the $247.9 million (on 18.6 million units) generated by CD salesVinyl revenue grew by 12.8% in the second half of 2018 and 12.9% in the first six months of 2019, while the revenue from CDs barely budged....
Sep 6, 2019"

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