Overlook video, that is what I really need from a digital camera

When did cameras get so DAMN sophisticated? Like severely, why do I’ve to get a level in electrical engineering or nuclear physics simply to grasp what the specs imply on the product web page for a digital digital camera?  

Every time a brand new digital camera is launched its praised for its superb new AI options (not that I requested for them), or the most recent technological developments, however how does any of that assist me perceive what it’s speaking about?  

I want a 30-60 minute video to clarify the options to me, and in the event that they’re introducing 10 new options, that would simply take 10 hours. I don’t have time for that.  

I simply need a digital camera that works, and takes higher images, in any other case, why would I hassle shopping for the brand new one?  

And, the factor that I actually have no real interest in: video.

If I wish to report video, I’d use a camcorder, or the modern-day equal, my cell phone. 

But stills images feels to me, just like the final protected area for true images, uninterrupted by social media, selfies, and video, which is seemingly ALL that issues now. 

Nobody was going round being “content creators” within the 70s, but so many nice issues have been created. 

Yet, it doesn’t appear to matter the place you go on the web: Facebook, Twitter/X, and even Instagram, and it’s now all about video, regardless that it was for PHOTOGRAPHY (particularly Instagram).  

At what level did digital camera producers swap from making cameras for images, to creating cameras for video?  

Canon’s personal 5D Mark II, launched full HD video, and this was seen as an enormous success, nevertheless it was nonetheless, primarily a digital camera for photographers.  

Now it appears like cameras are made for video, and stills images is a secondary thought.

If digital camera corporations didn’t spend a lot cash on growing video options, maybe cameras can be cheaper?  

If digital camera corporations didn’t want the sensor to be always uncovered, maybe we might nonetheless be capturing with DSLRs (with the mirror in place for true through-the-lens capturing), fairly than capturing with mirrorless cameras.  

And one other factor, why have Canon (and Nikon) deserted DSLR customers? According to current information on AP, Canon bought MORE DSLRs than Olympus, Panasonic and Fujifilm’s mirrorless cameras mixed (in 2024), they usually’ve given up on that market? It doesn’t make sense.

So finally, what I need from a digital camera is two-fold: I need a DSLR digital camera that’s designed for stills images, and I need a digital camera model to STICK behind that product, and proceed help for it, with new lenses, new equipment, and extra.

But as a substitute, I’m supposed to modify to mirrorless? At nice expense? And lose certainly one of my favorite options: the optical viewfinder.

Unfortunately, I’m left with no choice, aside from stocking up on second-hand DSLRs, or on the lookout for a Pentax DSLR. Here’s to Pentax persevering with to make cameras for the foreseeable future.  

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