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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Rod Lawton

I wonder what happened to ordinary photography? We’ve become fixated on extremes

Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S with Nikon Z9.

Every photography channel, every online discussion, every camera comparison, news and opinion (well, except this one) seems to be dominated by extremes of features, specifications and benchmarks. It’s as if cameras no longer count unless they are pushing the performance envelope further than ever before. 

We want the best of everything. We want the best mirrorless cameras, the best professional cameras, the best video cameras, the highest resolution cameras and so on. All this is fine if you have a very definite and specific need for these things, but they seem to have become a yardstick for camera quality even when there isn't.

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