Canon to stop making single-lens camera

AP (via Yahoo) ^ | 25 May 06

[teletech]

I own a Sony MVC-FD95 (2.1 Mega Pixel) and a Sony DSC-V3 (7.2 Mega Pixel. Digital cameras are the ONLY way to go!

[Gay State Conservative]

His attitude would be more similar to what I experienced when the A-12 and F-23 programs were canceled at McDonnell Douglas.

Yes,yours is probably a better analogy.

[AFreeBird]

Yes Canon makes great digitals. I have a 8MP 20D. Makes use of the lenses of my Elan 7e and makes some sharp pictures. Would like to get a full frame sensor, but five large is a bit much for me to spend right now.

Still film has a certain unpredicability to it that can make for some interesting photos sometimes.

[ken5050]

You disappointed me..from you, I expected a pic of Matthew Brady's camera...(g)

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The entertainment industry will need to be radically overhauled to deal with these new challenges to their hegemony.

I agree, though the opposite seems to be happening: the entertainment industry, through groups like the RIAA and MPAA, seems bent on crippling consumer technology to preserve it's current business model.

[discostu]

Landlines aren't dead. There's still plenty of companies going after the landline market. For many individuals landlines are unecessary, but for many they still are, many others just like them, and then for any business that is going to deal with a lot of phone traffic the landline is still king.

I don't think home produced music or movies are going to seriously impact the entertainment industry. People have been able to write their own stories forever and it never hurt the novel market. A lot of the entertainment industry is more about who than what, unless I can play guitar like Jimi Hendrix nothing I ever do at home will satisfy my desire to listen to Jimi Hendrix.

[KarlInOhio]

My wife's brother lives in Rochester, NY, hometown to Kodak. The HQ's a ghostown. Prices will drop, new features will emerge, but silver film is going the way of the buggy whip and lead type.

No doubt about that. The last time I used one of my film cameras was because I wanted to take some pictures of a lunar eclipse and my digital cameras didn't have the exposure time, remote release or zoom lens to handle it.

I should have taken a digital camera out and put it on a tripod to compare results. I wouldn't have wasted shots trying various exposures without seeing immediate results like I did on the film.

Right now I think the megapixel race is becoming pointless. The difference between a 4 MP and 10 MP will really only show if you blow it up really big or zoom in on a small section of the picture. And if you are compressing it, you lose most of the benefits of the extra pixels anyway. I now want a higher shutter speed more than more pixels.

[Cincinatus]

I just can't foresee a need for a land-line phone anymore.

We had a hurricane go through the DC area two years ago; power was knocked out (mostly by falling trees) for a week. That meant no internet OR cell service. The hard wire land line and battery powered radio were our only links to the outside world.

[Drew68]

The hard wire land line and battery powered radio were our only links to the outside world.

Yes, of course satellites will eventually replace the need for cell towers. We already have satellite phones that can be used from anywhere on the globe. Soon, they will be the industry standard. Internet connections will follow.

[sionnsar]

I also haven't been all that happy with digital's on low light, long exposure shots.

I generally agree with you. My Mavica FD-7 was surprisingly good in low-light conditions, which led to a little disappointment with my newer digital SLR even with the large lens I have on it. The point-and-shoot does poorly by comparison to the Mavica, but with such a small lens in front of 6 MP I am not surprised.

[Cincinatus]

Yes, but they're not here yet, at least with widespread penetration into the mass market. Thus, land lines are needed for the foreseeable future.

[Drew68]

Those were beautiful, weren't they? Brings back fond memories, --the sound they made, the clicking motion of winding the film, and the slight shake when the shutter opened. Almost sad to see them go.

[FoxInSocks]

I would love to see a high speed 5+ MPix SLR digital camera for less than $500 so I can change lenses. I also want a pony. :-)

The Nikon D50 DSLR has shutter speed up to 1/4000, 6.1 megapixels, and costs about $550 new these days.

[PeteB570]

Ahhh, my Canon AE-1.

For just general shooting a digital is fine but if you want to play with the camera and pictures it's hard to beat a 35mm with a good set on lenses, extension tubes, filters, etc.

Wish I had more free time to play with it.

Man, I'm still using my Kodak Digital Science DC50 zoom camera for work.

[50sDad]

I've seen what I think are digitals laid out like SLRs, with similar apeture and other mechanisms adjusting like the old days, so dyed-in-the-wool photographers can use the electrics? Am I right, or have I slid into a parallel universe?

[longtermmemmory]

If only there was a retrofit digital film unit easily available.

I remember seeing one advertised years ago, but not since.

[MarkL]

I believe that Nikon had already announced that the F6 would be their last professional film camera. They aren't going to stop making them, but there will be no F7.

I used to have a Nikon FM2, and I loved having a camera that was mechanical. Between it and a sekonik incident light meter I carried around (and the wide latitude affored by Tri X Pan), I loved taking photos for my school papers (in college). I sold it a few years ago, and don't really miss it. If I want to use film, I still have my Olympus OM2n. But I love my Nikon D70s. Digital is fun too, but I miss the exposure latitude.

Mark

[KarlInOhio]

I've seen them, but they were more expensive that I wanted to pay ($1000+). One other poster mentioned one at $550 which I'll take a look at.

[50sDad]

The buggy whip is making a comeback.

Bee-HAYVE!

[Cobra64]

Well, a digital back [if made modular] could be always attached to an SLR instead of the film back, like they could do with Hasselblads. Lens, viewfinder with exposure metering and the shutter are the same anyway.

That's what I'm thinking. The optics are important!