The Future of Digital Still Photography

DSLR

2 (6.5%)

mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses

21 (67.7%)

mirrorless with fixed lens

1 (3.2%)

pellicle with interchangeable lenses

1 (3.2%)

something completely different

6 (19.4%)

Total Members Voted: 31

[hjulenissen]

I think that we will see interesting stuff from the software side, multi-exposures, computational photography... Fundamentally new ways to exploit current technology - or working around slow development of lenses and sensors, or fundamental physical limits.

If an iPhone can capture video at 720p30 while capturing GPS, compass, accelerometer and gyro data, why cant that capability be turned into good still-images of most subjects?

-h

[jfirneno]

hjulenissen:

I think that long term the image processing side of the equation will dominate over the hardware side.  And it will make sense that it does.  But to people who grew up on film it feels like something foreign and divorced from what we thought photography meant.  So short-term many people will rail against the changes and long-term they'll recognize the advantages and recognize that the thing that makes it photography will still be there.  Recognizing an interesting image and capturing it.

Regards
John