[Leica] enough with Olympus DSLR postings PLEASE

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

B. D. Colen wrote:

> Oh please, Peter. Get a grip. 

I really resent being talked to like that. I think you missed the point of 
what 
I was saying.

To re-iterate, there will always be good photographers; irrespective of the 
technology. You are an example and there are plenty of others on the LUG. 
The 
art of photography won't die. It's about image capture. It is, per se, 
technology-independent.


> As to current cameras having a six month shelf-life, ...

Again, please read what I wrote, not what you would like to imagine I wrote.

 From the point of view of a manufacturer the status of an imaging chip as 
"cutting edge" is at present running at between six months and a year, 
depending 
on the market sub-sector (P&S, DSLR, Prosumer DSLR, Pro DSLR etc.). In a 
"leapfrogging"/"me too" market they feeled compelled to release new products 
on 
a similar timescale. That "shelf-life" is technology driven and beyond a 
certain 
point, which we passed two to three years ago, has little to do with the 
user's 
real need for the capability that the new technology can deliver.

Whether or not there is **actually** a new technology in the offing, the 
rise in 
performance of DSP chips, CPUs, memory and levels of integration which give 
rise 
to the phenomenon above are opening new alternatives that make it reasonable 
to 
suppose that the lifespan of the digital camera in its present shape and 
form 
will be shorter than that of previous technologies. I was merely musing on 
that 
observation.

Peter Dzwig
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