Henry wrote: > The report appeared to mention that the rate of decrease in film SLR is > similar to that of film P&S! Some of the more-advanced digital cameras, > like Canon G3/Nikon 5700 might have eaten part of the lower-end film SLR > market of EOS300/Nikon F65? There are many friends around me bought > D100/D60 in 2002 but I don't know personally any one bought a F5/1V last > year.
35mm slr's probably suffers from some of the same symptoms as medium format. It isn't so much that everyone is shelving both 35mm slr's (exceopt for the low-end cameras who are definitely being canibalized by digital P&S) and medium format for digital, but the fact that few are buying into new film gear now. Few are recruited into medium format nowadays as most 35mm slr owners, where new MF users traditionally has been recruited from, now are expecting to upgrade to digital at some point and hence are not willing to make large financial commitments to expensive film based systems. P�l
