Bloomberg hints at DSLR coffin being nailed

Bruce writes:

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
Bruce writes:
The result is that one of my Leica lenses is worth (used) three times
what I paid for it (used) and the other four times.

Convenient to have gotten in early!


Just lucky. I thought I was paying a high price at that time and
never imagined they would gain so much in value. The problem is, I
feel under some pressure to keep them because I could probably never
justify the cost of replacement.

That's a good part of why I never replaced the Leica. My old equipment,
M3 and 35, 50, and 90 Summicrons, and a Pentax Spotmatic with a bunch of
glass, were stolen (around 1980), and with the insurance money I chose
to replace the SLR side first, on the theory that they MIGHT have
improved enough that I didn't need the Leica any more. Well, sort, of,
they had; not as good in low light, but tolerable (with a Beattie
Intenscreen).

I would like AF more if it worked better. For classic portraiture
with an 85mm f/1.4 used wide open, AF is an irritating waste of time.
So I prefer manual focus and my D3 and Kodak DCS 14n both have KatzEye
split image focusing screens. I'm still having problems with retinal
bleeding in my dominant right eye but I am coping. I just need a
little more patience.

I found as early as 1994 that it works significantly better for me (that
test was primarily with an 80-200/2.8 on an N90). I thought about a
Katzeye for my D200 (and now for my D700, though I've gotten rid of two
of my most interesting manual-focus lenses, the 58/1.2 NOCT and the
135/1.8 AIS), but the camera has to be away for too long

I bought the screens mail order and had them fitted locally. I
collected one from the technician only an hour and a half after
leaving it.

That makes it easier. I don't know anyplace locally anymore that does
repair work, unfortunately.

, and my eyes
are even older than in 1994 (I actually started wearing reading glasses
in 1999).

You could fit an eyepiece correction lens.

I guess I could consider a prescription eyepiece for the astigmatism.
The diopter adjustment is plenty strong enough to get the spherical
correction I need.