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I also have noticed that people do not seem to take offense when someone pulls out a phone and openly takes pictures with it , where as some shy frome Slr`s , we celebrated my daughter`s birthday recently , upon request I left the Slr at home ( let`s keep it informal Pa ..?!! ),.. at the restaurant she happily snapped away with her Iphone , and No-one noticed , but then some one pulled out a P&S and some people shy`ed away .. could that be an indication of things to come ? ...
and perhaps Nikon has got something in the works to meet with new demands , I certainly hope so .
I think you make a very valid point.
Non professional photography is changing, rapidly.
Not just in how we TAKE photos but how we USE them.
Pros will still make quality images for publications, displays, advertising etc etc.
But the 'mass market' which means everyone else, are increasingly only using images on social network sites.
People click on phones and immediately the image is global. The issue of absolute quality, perfect framing and exposure are secondary to immediacy. Look at TV news ...how 'amateur footage' is used increasingly without consideration of its quality.
There was an old UK TV sitcom about the workers in a cheap clothing factory called 'Never mind the quality, feel the width'. Whilst modern cameras have increasingly higher image quality and capability, the NEED for this precision is sadly disappearing....faster than we might think.
Last edited on Thu Jun 5th, 2014 08:02 by Eric
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