{"id":128060,"date":"2022-07-21T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=128060"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:20:09","slug":"a-military-staple-is-coming-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=128060","title":{"rendered":"A military staple is coming to an end"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in the ancient days, when dinosaurs stalked the Earth, daily orders were posted on stone tablets, and the Russians acted like they wanted to conquer Europe (waitaholdit…) probably one of the most common sights around any military installation was the hordes of junior enlisted folks toting SLRs. No, not the legendary Self-Loading Rifle of Brit fame, but the Single-Lens Reflex camera. Sure, you could shoot your snaps with a 110 or later even a 35mm disposable, but a real camera was a Nikon F, or possibly a good Canon, Minolta or Pentax. Timing was everything – one pic for one push of the shutter, and since the mirror blacked out at the instant of exposure, you had to learn to time your exposures to j-u-s-t before what you wanted to capture, and wait till your film was developed to see if you really got what you wanted.<\/p>\n

The biggest news in the camera industry this month is that Nikon is reportedly halting development of new SLR cameras<\/a>, marking the end of a 63-year run. From now on, it will focus exclusively on mirrorless Z mount models like the Z6, Z50 and recently-launched Z9 flagship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a seismic industry change, as Nikon has a storied history with SLRs going back to the iconic Nikon F launched in 1959. But it\u2019s not the only company going in this direction: Canon already confirmed that the EOS-1DX Mark III will be its final flagship DSLR, and Sony moved to selling only mirrorless cameras last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In many ways the newer cameras are far superior to the old ones – autofocus, speed of repeat shots, no blacking out when the shutter is pressed – and I like to think that there will still be GIs roaming the streets of wherever they get stationed clicking away their memories. But here’s to the older warhorses!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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