Me: Konica Minolta is now owned by Sony. Kaya po ganun yung Nex-5.

…nakikisawsaw lang sa usapan nyo na nakaka-aliw.

btw, i’m talking about EVIL not MFT…

i might be wrong if i said next year (maybe 2-3 yrs)but just like you said, the difference in performance/features is almost/nearly non-existent now… what more in the next year or so?

and the cost to manufacture is much cheaper than dslr, including lenses. nywy, wait and see na lang tayo kung kelan going the betamax way ang dslr…

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/olympus_e_system_mirrorless_in_two_years_probably_news_295133.html

yep, i pretty much understand what you’re saying, as i’m into camera’s among other things. But i still disagree that DSLRs will become obsolete, maybe a particular model will, being replaced by a newer one, but the DSLR itself, i doubt it.

I am a fan of micro four thirds, but having tried a friend’s, i still think my DSLR is faster;.. faster focus, faster response, faster shot to shot.. not to mention i can get 500 plus shots from one charge, and for the same specs, currently, mas mahal pa rin yung m4/3.. the photo’s themselves though are amazing. but really, most times its capturing what you see that’s the problem, and in those times, the faster your camera, the better your chances of getting that shot.

So smaller, lighter.. sure.. pero performance and price for what you get.. DSLR pa rin. (note that you don’t need top of the line DLSRs to get the performance you need from a casual shoot).. again, on paper, same features, maybe better, but the real test is when you actually use it, does it meet your needs? It’s not for everyone, but it definitely is for some people. oh, but i also have point and shoots and a pro-sumer model (sony too!) and i use them all.

again, not a critique, just my 2 cents. haba. yoko na.. =)

“A lot of people think that what they read on the net are all true”

but a lot of people also don’t read in the net :p

truth is a perception to every man… that’s why we have lie detectors… and guns!

funny as it is, SLR is a technology NOT photography. gets mo?

SLR replaced TLR in the ’70s then became digital in the ’90s.

2 yrs ago, mirror-less interchangable lens cameras were introduced w/c eliminates most of the advantages of DSLR while also do not have its disadvantages.

check d meaning of obsolete… it comes w/ the age of the user (does your lolo uses micro four thirds? hehehe!)

same features, big difference in price and weight? saan ka pa!

“anything you buy today becomes obsolete tomorrow”

A lot of people think that what they read on the net are all true… like what they say “If it’s too good to be true, that means it’s not”. Anyhow, “THAT” Mon or whoever he is have a good life.

Sorry for the OT.:)

Anyhow what’s good about Sony camera’s specially those that uses detachable lenses, more often than not are compatible to Minolta and Konica Minolta AF Lenses.

yeah… people think that what they read on the net are all true… like what they say “If it’s too good to be true, that means it’s not”. Anyhow, “THAT” Mon or whoever he is have a good life”

Sorry for the off topic.

Anyhow what’s good about Sony camera’s specially those that uses detachable lenses, more often than not are compatible to Minolta and Konica Minolta AF Lenses.

I actually like the NEX-5, if only for it’s video mode (on paper). Okay, Okay, I also like the way it looks and feels, got to hold one at a gadget shop last weekend (infosys ba yun?).. yes just hold, not take shots as it wasn’t powered.

IF I had one, I’d probably use it a lot. To be honest though, for places where I expect to get good pictures (read as “possibly contest worthy”), I’d still bring my DSLR, bulky as it is.

being an engineer though, I prefer accuracy (or at the very least actual experience)to “palabok” and guessing. The internet being what it is, so many people (for example, 14 year old kids)can say something they have no idea about and someone’s bound to believe it as “gospel”.

next thing you know, people start to think things that were here-say are fact unfortunately.. aaahh.. Off topic na.. my apologies..

I’m sorry if you and your readers thought it was me. I just want to clear my name, reputation and of my blog.

Thanks,
M

+1

Not to say that tech isn’t great, there is room for both tech that makes things easier for people as well as gear that just works and produces great results for those who know how to use them.

So even though the “common tao” may think that DSLRs will die someday, but really, these are the same guys who never knew what an SLR was before they became digital. But photographers were still using them pa rin anyway. (and they still do actually). Yes they also have compacts, and point and shoots, but they will still have their SLRs for when it needs to count.