On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The same things that make any computer obsolete:
1. Memory capacity
2. Storage capacity
3. Processing speed
4. Form factor
5. Paradigm
1, 2, and 3 are givens. It's why not a single one of us can do any serious
image editing on a 386sx system.
1-3 are not relevant to a camera. They are the same all the time.
There is no constant bloatware churn-out to obsolete your memory,
storage and processing speed.
4 and 5 get less consideration but are equally important.
Anyone remember Micronics, or Altos? CPUs the size of a desk,
8-inch media, fix & removable platters, Wyse & Televideo terminals?
In 10 years we WILL be looking at the current DSLR systems in
this same light. The software and the whole environment will change
so completely as the field matures, 10 years from now it will be
difficult to use these cameras in the same capacity. They'll still
be usable -- like a Pentax 110 Super. Neat pieces of history,
but who really wants to use one. Seriously, that is.
Again, the 110 film was never good.
Kostas
