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Message: <blockquote data-quote="macshark" data-source="post: 1439916" data-attributes="member: 38208"><p>Low-end and midrange (1.5-1.6 crop) DSLRs make excellent birding cameras due to high pixel density and reasonable high-ISO performance. However, I would guess that the number of people using these cameras for serious birding is less than 100K worldwide, whereas the total sales volume of DSLRs was close to 16M in 2008. Consequently, the typical buyer of a DSLR more likely uses it to take snapshots of family and friends. Eliminating the need to have both a camcorder and a DSLR at your kids birthday party may be a very strong sales driver for digicams. However, dealing with DoF issues will be certainly more challenging when using a DSLR as a camcorder...</p></blockquote><p></p>