Relating to what Flysurfer said in post #38.
I just returned from a fundraising event held at my four year old's preschool, for the school. Just about every mommy (and interestingly only one dad) had a dSLR swinging around their necks. And most of them were literally lining up to take the exact same photo(s). It's bizarre witnessing this. Most of them found out this past week that I'm a photographer, and were offering their dSLRs for me to use (which is precisely why I didn't want them knowing about my profession but the wifey likes to brag). I don't want to be working when I'm spending time with my son, and the iPhone's movie mode works well enough to preserve any events I choose to preserve for memory lane. For me, good quality (for the current batch of mobile phones) video capture has replaced the P&S. don't get me wrong, I do candid photos too- I just use the rangefinder for them. I begrudgingly use a dSLR at work but whenever I upgrade to the new M (won't happen for a few years yet) which has liveview, I'll then have absolutely no need for a dSLR (but I don't do Sports Illustrated type photography, nor do I shoot in adverse environments).
I just returned from a fundraising event held at my four year old's preschool, for the school. Just about every mommy (and interestingly only one dad) had a dSLR swinging around their necks. And most of them were literally lining up to take the exact same photo(s). It's bizarre witnessing this. Most of them found out this past week that I'm a photographer, and were offering their dSLRs for me to use (which is precisely why I didn't want them knowing about my profession but the wifey likes to brag). I don't want to be working when I'm spending time with my son, and the iPhone's movie mode works well enough to preserve any events I choose to preserve for memory lane. For me, good quality (for the current batch of mobile phones) video capture has replaced the P&S. don't get me wrong, I do candid photos too- I just use the rangefinder for them. I begrudgingly use a dSLR at work but whenever I upgrade to the new M (won't happen for a few years yet) which has liveview, I'll then have absolutely no need for a dSLR (but I don't do Sports Illustrated type photography, nor do I shoot in adverse environments).