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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vectis Birder" data-source="post: 1644573" data-attributes="member: 43690">Agreed.I don't forsee the death of the DSLR quite as readily as some people. Granted, the Lumixes, etc, of this world are more convenient and lighter to carry, as well as being cheaper (as are mobile phones with cameras), but until you can get the same sort of quality from a bridge camera or a point and shoot as a DSLR with decent lenses then I can see serious photographers not giving their DSLRs up easily.Yes, the lower-end DSLRs might see a run for their money from higher-quality bridge cameras, but not the mid range ones or the top end ones.As for phone cameras, you see these used constantly, more in fact than a P&S. I have been at events where there has been a mix of DSLRs in the hands of amateurs and pros and cameras on phones, both far outnumbering the bridge or point 'n' shoot variety. Personally I don't use my phone's camera, mostly because it's old and crap rather than a lack of desire to use it.The death of the DSLR was predicted in the 1990s when 35mm compacts became popular, especially zoom compacts. It didn't happen. Then the APS system which threatened 35mm came along until it was prematurely snuffed out by digital - I had seen APS SLRs, I wonder what would have happened if digital photography hadn't taken off in the way it did? The whole world of photography is constantly changing and it will be interesting to see what happens over the next decade.As Mark Twain once said: 'The report of my death was an exaggeration'.</blockquote>

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