Does posting this thread in the philosophy forum meet your disapproval, or do you to simply like spreading internet memes?
I don't recall that being the case. For example Nikon's professional SLR timeline went, 1959, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2004. That means the company brought out a new pro model every 8 years, with the original F lasting 13 years. Some models continued to be manufactured after its successor had gone into production.Even before the digital revolution camera manufactures would bring out new models annually if not more often to encourage sales. As though how could you take photographs will you did not have all the latest features which you would not use anyway? Some of the new enthusiasts could not understand why others would not throw away their cameras and buy the latest model. Heck, there are people who think like that about cars and cell phone. That is just human behavior.
I don't recall that being the case. For example Nikon's professional SLR timeline went, 1959, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2004. That means the company brought out a new pro model every 8 years, with the original F lasting 13 years. Some models continued to be manufactured after its successor had gone into production.
The internet has added an extra element of virtual consumption. So bored people claim they're going to pre-order the latest model, knowing they have no intention of doing so, leaving the insecure to believe they must have the newest thing. It seems like a few people with lots of followers are given freebies to promote, influencing a small but globally significant number of people into buying any camera or lens with sufficient hyperbole behind it. Behind those consumers are ones who'll purchase the latest iteration from the manufacturer they're most financially invested in, followed by the majority who buy when something breaks. Around the food frenzy swim the bottom feeders, picking up the leftovers of the compulsive buyers.Here's how the internet works
I don't recall that being the case. For example Nikon's professional SLR timeline went, 1959, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2004. That means the company brought out a new pro model every 8 years, with the original F lasting 13 years. Some models continued to be manufactured after its successor had gone into production.
Interestingly the very top pro models (EOS 1D, Nikon D5) have a longer shelf life than their semi-pro brethren. Their specifications are off the pace compared to the technological churn of the less expensive cameras, but they still sell to people who demand absolute reliability above everything. This is a return to film days where cheaper cameras sported facilities professional cameras only adopted later, if at all. I assume there are still plenty of 16mp Nikon D4s in use, even though the market perceives 40mp to 50mp+ as the new norm.I think the digital realm has perhaps reached this point now, I find that at this point there is no need to upgrade DSLRs (or perhaps any digital camera) sooner than every 5 or 10 years
its always been like that, electronic cameras have nothing to do with itnever test a camera's potential for the duration of their ownership, except as test shots?
Exactly! It like I always say, "The internet isn't real"! There are fake websites with hidden, sinister motives. Fake accounts with fake people. Sometimes the fake people are "fake" in the way a used car salesmen or a celebrity might be. Sometimes they're actually fake like a computer algorithm. It's all a bunch of smoke and mirrors. To this day, I refuse to believe that anyone actually enjoyed playing the game "Flappy Bird".The internet has added an extra element of virtual consumption. So bored people claim they're going to pre-order the latest model, knowing they have no intention of doing so, leaving the insecure to believe they must have the newest thing. It seems like a few people with lots of followers are given freebies to promote, influencing a small but globally significant number of people into buying any camera or lens with sufficient hyperbole behind it. Behind those consumers are ones who'll purchase the latest iteration from the manufacturer they're most financially invested in, followed by the majority who buy when something breaks. Around the food frenzy swim the bottom feeders, picking up the leftovers of the compulsive buyers.
Where photography sits in this festival of technological consumption, I have no idea.
My general rule of thumb is that if I see an exclamation that begins with "Dude", I look carefully at the source."Dude, it's a 2012 camera!"
Glass plates were made until quite recently, mostly for the astronomy market. According to Wiki they're still made in Eastern Europe (Foma?).To answer the question of this thread, for me an "old camera" is one that was designed to accept only coated plates or glass, not film.
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