Wed Aug 31 19:35:50 EDT 2011 Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Aug 31, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Larry Colen <lrc at red4est.com> > > wrote: > >> I was contemplating that with sensors improving so quickly, that it's > >> barely cost effective to spend the money making fast glass, to get a > >> stop or two, when sensors will give that same speed in a couple years > >> time anyways, for a lot cheaper. ... > > > > A more sensitive sensor can never provide a wider range of depth of > > field adjustment. A fast lens can. > > > > I think DSLRs are going to become a niche product within a short > > period of time. > > Doubtful, at least in the short run. Most people who shoot for a living > are accustomed to the format and the feel of an SLR with some bulk. I > have yet to see a 4/3 camera or any other type of compact being used at > a press event and I attend many. An itty-bitty camera can't anchor a > substantial lens. Things may evolve to a different format, but I don't > see it now. > > Paul
I think you are right. More over, some photographers and "managers" (art curators, editors, etc.) have a snobbish view about non-SLR equipment. In January, when I was in Boston and we met with Miserere and Mark and went to the Museum of Fine Arts, in one of the part of the photo exhibits (probably Richard Avedon exhibit or otherwise the "Modernist Photography" exhibit), the photos were printed from the large-format, with the margins. We thought that it was done to demonstrate that it was captured with a large-size and not from a P&S. I even suggested a business idea for a photoshop/LR plugin that would draw a large format frame around your photo, making it look as if it was shot that way. Cheers, Igor -- 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.
