movingfinger

Good question. My choice of 'lifespan' was not the best. Clearly many SLRs are still 'alive' today, I have a Nikon F100. Also DSLRs will still be around and in use for decades to come. Given the article that I was linking and that prompted my post, I was referring to the production of new models. My 'lifespan' meant time from the introduction and production of the concept to the end of production - the date when the last item of that concept rolls off the assembly line.

Looks like the lifespan of the DLSR could be much shorter than the lifespan of the SLR, see this article: LINK

Forever Green

Joshua Tree NP, Calif USA

This will be my last non-photographic comment in this thread but I couldn't help myself. "Bureaucratic nonsense" by any other name is still nonsense.

Hmmm, I read you link and it says "within 72 hours of boarding". But note, just 2 weeks ago I had an acquaintance who planned a trip to Hawaii to celebrate his wife's 40th birthday. They got their COVID test "72 hours in advance" but when they landed in Hawaii and showed the results, the authorities there based the 72 hour window on Hawaii time. So since my friend took the test in the mainland using local clocks, say for example noon in CA (so 8AM in HI) 72 hours before a noon landing in HI, again local time in HI, the elapsed time from test to landing was 72+4 hours (but clearly less than 72 hours before boarding). Based on this arithmetic, the authorities in HI would not allow their entry unless they quarantined. Since this would ruin their planned trip, they were give a night in an airport hotel and had to return to the mainland the next day. Vacation ruined because of bureaucratic nonsense. So to be safe don't get tested too early before your flight.

Mamiya 645 Pro with Mamiya-Sekor 50mm Shift lens, Kodak Portra400, Conservatory at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore MD USA

Thanks for posting the link. This is a great story with great photographs. When I saw the first photograph in the story I had to admit the photographer had great taste and a great eye for Americana. I was passing through Salina UT back in 2016 and I was captured by the same scene. Below is one of several I got of the cafe. Seeing his version I regret not returning after sunset.

Nikon F, 50mm Nikkor, Nov 1977

Here's a guy who makes his own lenses for an old 4x5, who cuts out the fixed aperture, and then who sets out on a bicycle for some travel photography. The entire video is long, and it is short on details of his photographic constructions. It is just over an hour and the majority is the bicycle trip from San Francisco to Tucson AZ, with stops for photographs. That said, in the opening segment you can see his camera gear and his lens construction and at about 59minutes you can see his darkroom processing and some final prints from the trip. The final prints are very good! I personally like the video because it combines two things I very much enjoy, good photography and bicycle tourism. In any case here is the link for the video: Ride Slow, Take Photos.

This article on cameras from the Soviet Union is long and I'm not a collector. I only read a little bit of it, but it looks quite interesting so I thought I'd make folks aware of it. It has great photos of some old unique cameras and lots of descriptive text. Check out the full article here: Article.

I'm jealous. I always look for Miles' albums (the pre-1970 stuff) in used record stores and if they're in decent condition they ain't cheap.

Something new under the sun, for me at least. A reputable photographer is suing a celebrity tattoo artist - both in LA - for creating a tattoo out of one of his photographs of musician Miles Davis. Here is the story: LINK

Dodge-Chrome, Silver Spring MD: LINK

I've got the SuperCoolscan 9000 which supports MF and I run it with VueScan. If you're still looking and willing to risk sending me the negs I'm happy to scan them for you and return the tiff scan files. You can find my contact info from my photo.net profile. Here is one of my most recent MF (645) scans (and subsequent LR processing). It was shot, developed and scanned last month (January 2021) on Kodak Pro100 color neg film. Note that the film had a use-by date of Feb 2000 so it was 20 years out of date, and I haven't kept it refrigerated over those years.

I did something similar back in 2005, with an Intel 530J (Pentium) processor. I got everything from Egghead too. It was fun and rather easy and in the end good to say I put it all together myself. Also it was nice that it had just the features I wanted. Well actually I'd have loved for more features but price is always a constraint whether buying parts and assembling or getting a prebuilt product. I made upgrades over the years but by 2014 I was ready for a completely new model given all the operating system, processor, motherboard, graphics and memory improvements over that period. So in 2014 I got a prebuilt system. Now in 2021 I am again feeling like it might be time for another 'upgrade'. Simple LR edits on photos from a 40+ megapixel camera can take minutes now when I've got other things running as well (like Sandy's Lotus123 comment above).

Oh I thought maybe you were heading there with your camera, intent on capturing some extra-special photograph. ;) I don't know where you are at but I'm more likely in the short term to get a "shot" with my camera than in my arm.

Mamiya 645 ProTL with Mamiya 50mm f4 Shift lens. Taken Jan 16, 2021 on Kodak Pro100 film that expired Feb 2000 (20 years ago). Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Wash DC

Nikon Z7 with Nikkor 24-70 f2.8