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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 217189" data-attributes="member: 16749">I think there will always be a place for better cameras than can be built into cell phones.&nbsp; Certainly, professional photographers will always want such, as will serious amateurs.&nbsp; On the down side, I have to admit that I don't really need a 24-megapixel DSLR to take picture that I am mostly going to post to Facebook, StreamZoo, or online forums such as this; that limit me to resolutions that are well within my cell phone's capability.&nbsp; I also have to admit that I can see an end coming to the true DSLR.&nbsp; The SLR configuration is all about the viewfinder.&nbsp; Eventually, I think the point will be reached where an EVIL/MILC configuration can offer a viewfinder that is as good as or better than a true DSLR, at a lower cost, with less mechanical complexity, and greater reliability; at which point there will really be little point to the continuing manufacture of true DSLRs.&nbsp; There's no reason why an EVIL/MILC can't be better than a DSLR—they just don't seem to be there yet.&nbsp; But that's a different discussion.&nbsp; This discussion is really about the future viability of the market for high-quality digital cameras of the level that, so far only exist in the DSLR form.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 217189, member: 16749"] I think there will always be a place for better cameras than can be built into cell phones. Certainly, professional photographers will always want such, as will serious amateurs. On the down side, I have to admit that I don't really need a 24-megapixel DSLR to take picture that I am mostly going to post to Facebook, StreamZoo, or online forums such as this; that limit me to resolutions that are well within my cell phone's capability. I also have to admit that I can see an end coming to the true DSLR. The SLR configuration is all about the viewfinder. Eventually, I think the point will be reached where an EVIL/MILC configuration can offer a viewfinder that is as good as or better than a true DSLR, at a lower cost, with less mechanical complexity, and greater reliability; at which point there will really be little point to the continuing manufacture of true DSLRs. There's no reason why an EVIL/MILC can't be better than a DSLR—they just don't seem to be there yet. But that's a different discussion. This discussion is really about the future viability of the market for high-quality digital cameras of the level that, so far only exist in the DSLR form. [/QUOTE]

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