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Re:Magic Lantern by frankchn on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @03:31AM (#19197488)
The mass market casual camera today is a smartphone, which comes with what you describe.

Canon, Nikon, and others have long decided they can’t and won’t compete with smartphone makers and are increasingly moving up-market to the prosumer and professional markets who want “big chunky SLR body styles”, and they use specialized software like Capture One and Photo Mechanic to view/edit/organize photos anyway.

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Re:Magic Lantern by LorenPechtel on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @07:52PM (#19204612)
While I will agree SLR body styles are easier to use we don't want them, it's that we accept that the size and weight are the price we need to pay for the performance that you simply can't get out of a phone.

These days when the shot is easy the phone is at least in the ballpark with the big guys. When the shot is hard the phone isn't even in the running.

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Re:Magic Lantern by staticautomatic on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:02AM (#19207826)
There's also the whole world of non-SLR pro cameras.
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