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https://nikonrumors.com/2019/08/28/dpreviews-chris-nichols-nikon-is-dropping-5-lines-of-dslrs.aspx/
Looks like the future holds the only Nikon DSLR's will be high end. The rest will go mirrorless.
There is a certain logic to fazing out DX/APS-C DSLR's in favor of mirrorless. Those cameras exist beause it was too expensive to make 135 size sensors at the time and camera manufacturers wanted a mount compatible with their existing lines. For the format size, distance to the lens flange was excessive.
DSLR sales have fallen at least 80% in the last 7 years. Consumer photographers have their DX cameras and see no need to upgrade as IQ is good enough for them. Mirrorless provides an opportunity for camera makers to jump start a replacement cycle. It's not hard to beat the OVF of a low end DSLR with the EVF of a mirrorless camera at around the same price. The question is whether existing low end DSLR owners will buy new stuff or whether young people who are used to the ever improving cameras on their phones will buy in.
Meanwhile I am starting to believe the road to being noticed as a photographer has more to do with Photoshop skills and conceiving unusual images than it has to do with anything else.
Looks like the future holds the only Nikon DSLR's will be high end. The rest will go mirrorless.
There is a certain logic to fazing out DX/APS-C DSLR's in favor of mirrorless. Those cameras exist beause it was too expensive to make 135 size sensors at the time and camera manufacturers wanted a mount compatible with their existing lines. For the format size, distance to the lens flange was excessive.
DSLR sales have fallen at least 80% in the last 7 years. Consumer photographers have their DX cameras and see no need to upgrade as IQ is good enough for them. Mirrorless provides an opportunity for camera makers to jump start a replacement cycle. It's not hard to beat the OVF of a low end DSLR with the EVF of a mirrorless camera at around the same price. The question is whether existing low end DSLR owners will buy new stuff or whether young people who are used to the ever improving cameras on their phones will buy in.
Meanwhile I am starting to believe the road to being noticed as a photographer has more to do with Photoshop skills and conceiving unusual images than it has to do with anything else.