I'm really curious to see a "Q review". Still, it's really expensive. I think it would have a real chance at $400-500.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:11 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/09/2011 3:49 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: >> >> On 8 September 2011 12:35, Subash<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> these are only figures for japan/asia but interesting nonetheless. >>> canon and nikon lose a combined 35% market share while sony doubles it. >>> >>> >>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-07/canon-clinging-to-mirrors-means-opportunity-for-sony-cameras.html >>> >>> so, is the dslr dead yet? perhaps there's hope for the Q :) >>> >>> -- >>> regards, subash >>> >> >> I found this quote quite revealing, >> " 'Mirrorless cameras are a threat,' said David Rubenstein, a >> Tokyo-based analyst at MF Global FXA Securities Ltd...." >> >> I guess they would be a threat to companies that choose to oppose the >> trend rather than embrace it. >> >> Some observations: >> >> Non adoption of autofocus cut the SLR market from perhaps twenty or >> more brands in the sixties and early seventies to less than ten. >> (Topcon, anyone? Or Miranda? Yashica? Petri?) Contax and Olympus >> both flubbed their AF implimentations, but Olympus redeemed itself >> with a confident early digital program. > > Topcon, Miranda and Petri were gone long before AF came about. They left > about the same time auto exposure came along. > You may as well toss Mamiya in there as well, with their lamentable 35mm SLR > attempts. > Yashica and Contax were one and the same at the time of AF, both were owned > by Kyocera. > >> >> > >> >> My prediction is that within five years the only DSLRs will be a few >> premium and professional models, perhaps one from each surviving major >> player. >> >> I also predict that within ten years their won't be DSLRs in the 4/3 >> to 135 range. >> >> This was longer than I thought it'd be, so thanks for reading. >> > EVF type cameras are going to happen, whether we want or like them or not. > They cost less to produce, which makes them attractive to manufacturers, and > they are the newest thing, which makes them attractive to marketers and > people who buy based on hype rather than function. > My only hope is that they can make a decent EVF (they are still crap) before > the choice of optical viewfinder is taken away from us entirely. > > -- > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
