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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 77025" data-attributes="member: 6548">One thing I noticed on vacation and I see this other places where people congregate with cameras like car shows for example.&nbsp; Most people have a P&amp;S or a phone rig, then there are a pretty good handfull of folks who have DSLR's.&nbsp; Out of all those folks I would bet more than half don't really care or know what they have they just know they have a cool @ss digital camera that takes great pictures on auto.&nbsp; Most of those cameras are DX.&nbsp; I would guess FX is going to have to come down to say D5100 or D3200 price levels before we see a real sea change in what people are using.&nbsp; It will be the more advanced types who splurge for the &quot;affordable&quot; FX and there probably won't be a whole heckuva lot of these people maybe comparable to D7000 user numbers.Sony just released there Nex 6 which is an APS sensor based camera.&nbsp; They want a $1000 bucks for the damn thing.&nbsp; At that price point DX is going to be around for quite some time.&nbsp; Fuji X Pro 1 same deal but even more expensive.&nbsp; So even the micro cameras need to come down a whole lot before the DSLR users jump ship to anywhere away from DSLR DX.The closest thing to what a future without DX DSLR's looks like that has come to pass in the camera world to date is the Epson RD1.&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epson_R-D1" target="_blank">Epson R-D1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>&nbsp; That camera was made in 2004 and you'd be lucky to buy one today for less than 1500 bucks.&nbsp; It is a cult camera.&nbsp;&nbsp; When someone makes a mirrorless 1.5 crop camera like the Epson RD1 the DSLR is probably doomed to FX!&nbsp; And then when they make a FX mirrorless camera like the Epson then we are talking M9 territory - price that one at 1000 bucks and even the FX DSLR is probably obsolete except for maybe pro's.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Interesting discussion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 77025, member: 6548"] One thing I noticed on vacation and I see this other places where people congregate with cameras like car shows for example. Most people have a P&S or a phone rig, then there are a pretty good handfull of folks who have DSLR's. Out of all those folks I would bet more than half don't really care or know what they have they just know they have a cool @ss digital camera that takes great pictures on auto. Most of those cameras are DX. I would guess FX is going to have to come down to say D5100 or D3200 price levels before we see a real sea change in what people are using. It will be the more advanced types who splurge for the "affordable" FX and there probably won't be a whole heckuva lot of these people maybe comparable to D7000 user numbers. Sony just released there Nex 6 which is an APS sensor based camera. They want a $1000 bucks for the damn thing. At that price point DX is going to be around for quite some time. Fuji X Pro 1 same deal but even more expensive. So even the micro cameras need to come down a whole lot before the DSLR users jump ship to anywhere away from DSLR DX. The closest thing to what a future without DX DSLR's looks like that has come to pass in the camera world to date is the Epson RD1. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epson_R-D1"]Epson R-D1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] That camera was made in 2004 and you'd be lucky to buy one today for less than 1500 bucks. It is a cult camera. When someone makes a mirrorless 1.5 crop camera like the Epson RD1 the DSLR is probably doomed to FX! And then when they make a FX mirrorless camera like the Epson then we are talking M9 territory - price that one at 1000 bucks and even the FX DSLR is probably obsolete except for maybe pro's. :) Interesting discussion. [/QUOTE]

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