Editorial: Things aren't what they used to be

Staff · Issue 128, Sep/Oct 2022 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: Panasonic GH range, Divevolk

Editorial Things aren’t what they used to be Compact digital cameras are/were ideally suited to capture stills or video. The light information falling on the sensor is either recorded as an instant or a series of instants which become a moving image. Sadly the development of these cameras has not received the investment needed as smartphones became ever more capable and even more portable. The traditional SLR however, which became the digital DSLR, was designed purely to capture still images and it had to be modified considerably both mechanically and electronically, to capture video. The early results were a fudge and lagged well behind dedicated video cameras but nowadays they do a pretty decent job; especially the Panasonic GH range. Just as the smartphone toppled the compact, now the mirrorless design is undermining the dominance of the DSLR market and looks likely to be the saviour …