The Camera Is the Film—Rethinking Digital Photography
Source: PC Magazine
By John C. Dvorak
Since the first digital cameras arrived, and even during the era of video cameras, I have managed to take almost every new model made into the field. I’ve had enough experience with these cameras to conclude that eventually, serious photographers are going to have to deal with the simple fact that in digital photography, the camera itself is the film. It’s a classic (and I hate using the term) paradigm shift.
During the heyday of film cameras, the camera was the vehicle for transmitting the image to the film. You’d buy the best lens and camera combination you could, which tended to boil down to offerings from Leica, Nikon, and maybe Canon or Pentax. Others made good cameras, but the contrast you got with a Leica or Nikon lens was always superior. Other fabled lenses appeared on bigger cameras, and everyone wanted to own a Hasselblad too. But that’s all academic in today’s market. Things are different.
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