Chicago sun times gets rid of all photo staff

[ederphoto]

Well, the rig costs 50K and the lenses....+ set of Summilux-C lenses would be just a smidgen over 400K. Hope I din't create any heart conditions for anyone, but one could purchase 18 homes for that in Penna. Kinda like going fishing (lb/karp) and getting a 60K boat. OK, OK, maybe this makes sens for some folks.

The new Nikon D850 can do nearly the same at $3200 or so.

Les

It won't be long before the prices drop on those cameras and off course many of us will be shooting videos for pictures . It just make sense , facilitate the capture of "the right moment " and it is the comercial way to go . We are living through a period of change . Big change . Not so much for large format but for 35mm digital . If i buy the new d850 it will be my last dslr . But i do smell a change on nikon's line up . Once still from videos arrive for all , there will be no point in producing still cameras and because dslr awkward filming grip , they will probably change the body design .It will take some time , probably within the next 10 years maybe less .
A few year ago on this same page i predicted the impact of smartphones and still from videos on the DSLR camera market . Here is one link to confirm my guesses : https://petapixel.com/2017/03/03/lat...ompact-camera/

[JMO]

+1 for Randy Moe - as I was tapped on the shoulder at age 62 and got to retire 3 years earlier than I had been planning, but I am lucky to (since and) now be able to indulge my LF, MF and digital photography hobby essentially full time. And I enjoy checking into this Forum daily to continue to learn, but before I do anything in the darkroom or PS on computer each day I read the New York Times that is delivered to my home (but with an appropriate adjustment for its relatively liberal editorial bias throughout). Thankfully, the NYT is still available as a daily hardcopy newspaper, and its reporting articles continue to be fairly high standard for the most part. But I understand that it, too, is under considerable financial pressure. ....

So glad to be an avid hobbyist photographer and retired.

At first I was pissed to put out to pasture early, at age 58, but now at 62, I'm more than happy just f***ing around.

I have no idea, how people work and have fun.

[Tin Can]

Soon to be 67.

My short time goal is to view the 2024 Eclipse.

Currently working on my new darkroom.

I read the NYT online. No delivery here.

These are the good old days...

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Thank goodness no art involved in news photography.

[Tin Can]

LOL

not art

[Drew Wiley]

A five bucks disposable cardboard camera would be good enough for newspaper work, if only it could be instantly transmitted like digital. And 400K wouldn't buy a rotted doghouse atop a toxic waste site around here. But that's about the only logical destination of our local newspapers too - straight to the dump.

[Alan Gales]

I'm afraid it won't be too long until young people will be asking, "What's a newspaper?".

[Drew Wiley]

Yep ... It's time to teach your dog to fetch the cell phone and deliver it covered with saliva instead of the daily paper.

[ederphoto]

Yep ... It's time to teach your dog to fetch the cell phone and deliver it covered with saliva instead of the daily paper.

Lol

[ederphoto]

Yep ... It's time to teach your dog to fetch the cell phone and deliver it covered with saliva instead of the daily paper.

Lol