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Re:Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless ... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @09:11AM (#32069365)
> can take really good photos with their phone now

That does not make any sense, it was already the case that you could make excellent pictures with compact cameras 15 years ago, without having a DLSR. If your hypothesis was right the DSLR market would have disappeared much earlier.

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Re:Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless ... by xdfgh1112 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @09:25AM (#32069556)
Are you really comparing 2005 compact cameras to the multi-lens machine learning tiny sensor capabilities of modern phones?

Your argument only holds up if you're taking high aperture landscape photos in broad daylight...

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Re:Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless ... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:46AM (#32071620)
The Sony Rx-100 Was released in 2012. That's 10 years ago already and that still beats hands down the best phones out there in terms of image quality.
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Re:Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless ... by mlyle on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:30PM (#32073934)
Before, one had to make a conscious choice to get a compact camera. People who wanted to take pictures had a choice-- do I get a SLR and have all the bells and whistles and be "serious", or do I get a compact camera? Also, appearances matter-- do I want to look serious?

Now, a pretty excellent compact camera is in pretty much everyone's hands. So the question becomes-- is it worth another camera to be serious? Would I even carry it anywhere?

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Re:Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless ... by KptMarchewa on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:23PM (#32073102)
Early digital compact cameras were terrible compared to phones today.

On the other hand they were revolutionary compared to film cameras, so it didn't really matter.

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