Hello Shel, Yes, to some degree it is the techno-buffs talking. The DSLR you purchase today will continue to take pictures in the future as it is today. In some respects, you could consider film cameras outdated as new models were introduced. If you had a manual camera and auto exposure were introduced, some would want that feature and feel their old camera was outdated. Same holds true for AF.
There are some who purchased a DSLR knowing it was a compromise for them and intending to upgrade as technology got to the point they wanted. For those, yes, older DSLRs become obsolete. The areas where some are wanting improvements are bigger, denser imaging chip, better AF, faster, bigger buffer, better TTL flash handling. Of those, somewhat knowing your style, only the imaging chip would actually have some material effect on you. Along with bigger chips, comes the need for more storage space and more computing horsepower. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, August 23, 2005, 3:47:47 AM, you wrote: SB> As the time approaches for my purchasing a DSLR, the comments about these SB> cameras becoming obsolete keep running through my mind. As a user of older SB> film bodies, which don't become obsolete and which continue to make good SB> pictures and use a wide variety of lenses, it's hard to consider that in SB> six months or a year a new DSLR will have become "history." SB> It seems that, unless there's a camera malfunction, these new SB> techno-marvels should continue to make decent pics for years to come, yet I SB> keep hearing about how models just a few years old (or less) are dated and SB> need to be upgraded. Am I missing something? Is it just the techno-buffs SB> who are saying this - those who must have the latest and greatest, or are SB> there hidden issues, like software compatibility, lack of peripheral SB> equipment (such as a memory card type being discontinued), and things of SB> that sort? Maybe I've answered my own question. SB> What's the reality of getting 10 years of use from now current Pentax DSLR? SB> Shel
