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Digital SLRs to Reign Supreme in 2004?
The American magazine Popular Photography have published an article on their website which would certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons if everything comes true in 2004.
“A trio of top Pop Photo editors recently returned from a tour of the photo industry in Japan. Their mission: to find out, directly from the source, what’s happening in the photo industry, and how it will affect photography consumers in the coming year. In this exclusive report, they share news about upcoming products, photo buying trends, and what’s being designed for the future.”
Amongst other things, the article claims that Minolta will finally release a digital SLR, with delivery by Photokina (September-October 2004), that Olympus will release 2 more DSLRs aimed at the amateur and mid-range markets, Pentax will also release 2 new DSLRs, and that almost most camera makers are researching putting image stabilisation systems into digital SLR camera bodies, rather than the lenses.
So it looks like being a good year for digital SLRs then 
Website: Popular Photography - Report From Japan
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#1 SeanB
Some interesting thoughts and predictions for 2004. I was hoping to see Canon's full frame sensor appear in a cheaper body, but that appears to not be on the cards for another couple of years yet.
Clearly digital SLRs and digital compacts are set to dominate most sales in the amateur area, especially if prices continue to fall at the rate of the last couple of years.
What interests me is how the Medium Format world will adapt to digital capture. All the manufacturers are looking into it but a cheap digital Bronica seems a long way off. Anyone who wants MF quality looks like sticking with film+scanner for the forseeable future, unless your wallet is deep enough for a Canon 1Ds or an expensive digital back for a Hasselblad or similar camera. I guess the cost of producing large (35mm frame size or bigger) sensors is just too prohibitive at the moment.
Sean
11:21 pm - Saturday, December 13, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
Maybe medium format digital backs will follow the trend and become more affordable? Although as you say, they will hardly be cheap even if they dropped in price by 50%...More DSLRs can only be good news for the amateur photographer who's interested in switching to digital - more choice and hopefully cheaper prices.
12:57 pm - Sunday, December 14, 2003