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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Gareth Bevan

Was the Canon 5D Mark III the last of the culturally iconic cameras?

Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR camera

It almost seems like we are treated to a new camera almost every week, with all the naysayers talking up how camera phones and AI are going to destroy the camera market, there are certainly no obvious signs that the camera industry is about to buckle and close-shop anytime soon.

While camera sales have obviously taken a hit since the golden age of the DLSR, the market is still robust, with new cameras filling every conceivable gap in the market. Each new camera adds some wondrous new feature or technology to push it further than rivals. But with the market moving so fast, and so fluidly, when is the last time we paused and thought – "this camera is a legendary camera" before it was swiftly replaced with a newer model with an extra megapixel or nanosecond faster autofocus?

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