There's a difference between "obsolete" and a desire to upgrade. An *istD will still be a good picture taking device ten years from now. That Canon was marginal even when it was new. You're comparing apples to oranges, infant technology to reasonably well-developed technology. I'll upgrade as soon as I can get ten or twelve megapixels for less than $2500, but my D will still be a good camera. Paul
> > On Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at 07:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I can't imagine that anything would obsolete a current DSLR in just > > ten years. Memory devices shouldn't be a problem. My card reader has > > no moving parts and a firewire connector. (I still have the 10 meg > > scsi hard drive that I bought close to twenty years ago, and my > > computer can still read it. ) I suspect that most memory devices will > > be functional long into the future. My D is almost two years old now, > > and still seems to be in its infancy in terms of use and potential > > longevity. Yes, there will be cameras with faster buffers and higher > > resolution, but this one will continue to make photographs for many > > years to come, whether in my hands or those of someone else. > > I used to shoot with the first generation of Canon DSLRs. They used > PCMCIA hard drives and did not have on-camera image preview. I once > did a whole studio shoot with the ISO set wrong because there was no > preview. Those cameras were frightfully expensive as well. Although a > working one would still take photos today, I can't imagine using it. > In ten more years my current DSLR will look just as antiquated. It > might still take pictures, but I doubt I'd want to use it. Most of us > have come to terms with DSLRs that have a two to three year lifespan. > > Bob >
