Comments on: A romp through the camera rumor mill

Leakages abound on the 'Net about various dSLR and interchangeable-lens models.

[bleech]

I´d like to see which mount will Samsung use for that NX concept.
If they continue with the K mount [depending on which flange distance it is implied], then, new live to the most populated mount ever.

Currently Samsung Dslr´s [which by the way, are very good cameras] sport rebadged Pentax lenses as Schneider-Kreuznach DXenon or Xenogon. They are very good as they offer the Pentax quality for a much lower price tag [specially, the GX 20, and the Schneider-Kreuznach DXenon 35 F2].

I wish they will have done the same with some Limited lenses from Pentax [namely, the 31 AF 1.8 Limited].

Not a dSLR, but the excellent wide-angle Canon PowerShot SD880 IS suddenly seems Discontinued or Out of Stock at nearly all outlets.

I can't find any related news or rumors: is this a temporary shortage, is the 880 now considered replaced by the SD960 IS, or is something similar/better about to come out?

[make_or_break]

More dSLRs?

To be honest, I have to wonder at just how large the dSLR market really is. Given how people use point-and-shoot cameras, do camera makers really expect the casual shooter to migrate BACK to looking through a viewfinder? Back in the days of film, this wasn't a stretch since all cameras, SLRs or otherwise, used viewfinders. But now in this age of LCDs and zoom lenses and ever improving sensors, do the camera manufacturers still think there's going to be the same sort of upgrading path to dSLRs that took place during the age of film SLRs?

I've used SLRs--film and digital--for ages. Still very much do (so long Kodachrome, I'll miss you). But for general, casual use these days there's NOTHING that beats the convenience and simplicity of a great point-and-shoot digital camera.

[gjl229]

Viewfinders, optical and electronic, will not go away. They work. I've struggled just to find my subject on a sunny day, with even a good LCD, zooming in and out trying to find a bird or aircraft against the sky, a boat/ship against the water, etc.

I've struggled to see what my subjects are doing, shielding the LCD with one hand as I try to determine which way the pet/child/aged aunt is looking. Trying to get the exposure at exactly the right millisecond to capture the special look, the spontaneous laughter.

Using a viewfinder also allows me to hold the camera with arms braced against my chest and abdomen. Holding the P&S out in front of me costs me at least one stop, a stop I cannot necessarily afford. OK, maybe it's two stops at long focal lengths. And yes, I do depend on image stabilization - an improvement rather than a cure.

My son tells me that I just have to get used to LCDs instead of viewfinders; everyone else is getting used to it. But then he puts up with really, really poor voice quality as long as his mobile is really, really cool.

[gary85739]

I won't be buying any new digital cameras! Recently bought an upgrade to my trusty Canon S45, which originally cost about $400+ on eBay for [Canon S50]for ...$50!

Both cameras work flawlessly!

When I get a DSL, it'll be from eBay!