On Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at 07:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I can't imagine that anything would obsolete a current DSLR in just ten years. Memory devices shouldn't be a problem. My card reader has no moving parts and a firewire connector. (I still have the 10 meg scsi hard drive that I bought close to twenty years ago, and my computer can still read it. ) I suspect that most memory devices will be functional long into the future. My D is almost two years old now, and still seems to be in its infancy in terms of use and potential longevity. Yes, there will be cameras with faster buffers and higher resolution, but this one will continue to make photographs for many years to come, whether in my hands or those of someone else.
I used to shoot with the first generation of Canon DSLRs. They used PCMCIA hard drives and did not have on-camera image preview. I once did a whole studio shoot with the ISO set wrong because there was no preview. Those cameras were frightfully expensive as well. Although a working one would still take photos today, I can't imagine using it. In ten more years my current DSLR will look just as antiquated. It might still take pictures, but I doubt I'd want to use it. Most of us have come to terms with DSLRs that have a two to three year lifespan.
Bob
