Anyone else ever ruminate on just how absolutely worthless current consumer DSLR’s will be in the next decade-15 years from now, whereas film cameras will be worth more? Simply given how fast technology is advancing, I can’t wait until smartphone quality surpasses the DSLR quality of today’s consumer cameras, because they’re so fucking awful. Look at that bloated piece of plastic garbage OP posted. It looks outdated even by today’s standards. It’s totally casual to drop $1000 on a phone made of premium materials like glass & machined aluminum, but when it comes to dedicated cameras? Behemoths made of plastic & rubber that become sticky & disintegrated within years. People need to come to expect more from camera manufacturers, or learn to take the art a bit more seriously in order to appreciate the feel that comes with shooting art with something that in & of itself feels like a piece of art. Look at any old SLR. That evokes an appreciation for design. They’re from a time when vying for a customer’s loyalty meant producing a camera that attempts to cram as much technology as possible into a small package. There were of course the Minolta AF’s, the original Canon rebels (which were always plastic shit, even in antique SLR form), obscure Chinese garbage, and nearly every point & shoot ever made (spare Olympus’ XA’s & MJU’s, Yashica’s later T series, & Contax, & maybe the L35), but for the most part, they were gorgeous. The ones that weren’t faded into oblivion, just as the cheap consumer shit of today will. No user value, no aesthetic value, and due to their absolute disposability, no nostalgic value. They’re all bound for the waste dump in 10 years time. The only ones to survive will be the originals, ones with artistic effort devoted into their design, & the workhorses that in their own right have a utilitarian aesthetic to them. TLDR: old good, new shit. Invest accordingly.
