Having spent 2026 so far not looking at any forums (or eBay) I decided to see what topics were being discussed on FM (only coz it’s absolutely pounding with rain outside -let’s hope it clears up)
This thread piqued my interest…
The irony for me here is that many of you have spent the past 2 decades passing off photoshopped images as your own and in doing so have basked in self adulation as those around you Ooh’d and Ah’d at what they innocently assumed to be your skill set..
(Little did they know!!) 🤣
Now the tables are about to be turned many are squealing.
Yet, you all wanted more and more
We gave you AF in the mid 80’s, by the mid 90’s it was good enough
Yet today you want eye tracking, you want 60fps, you want 4K option, then you want software to tweak even further
The result is AI will very soon deliver to the masses what you all kept wanting… but it’s now considered cheating… yet you all spent the last 20yrs doing just that!!
Oh the irony
As this is the canon board..
I can’t help but smirk at the very likely prospect of obsolete RF glass that is unable to be adapted to ANY other body other than the R system in years to come…unlike the EF that can be adapted not only to ALL canon bodies but also ther no canon bodies too… a very very versatile mount…yet they ended it!!!
Since the start of the year I’ve spent every weekend out of the house visiting various places… I can count on one hand the number of “real” cameras I’ve spotted being carried. Spotted loads using their phone, watched them zooming in, tapping then sliding the ex/control tool !!
AI meshed in with phone photography will be a killer combo, no one can deny that at this stage. It’s just how long camera manufacturers can hold out and survive in a rapidly dwindling market.
Having spent 2026 so far not looking at any forums (or eBay) I decided to see what topics were being discussed on FM (only coz it’s absolutely pounding with rain outside -let’s hope it clears up)
This thread piqued my interest…
The irony for me here is that many of you have spent the past 2 decades passing off photoshopped images as your own and in doing so have basked in self adulation as those around you Ooh’d and Ah’d at what they innocently assumed to be your skill set..
(Little did they know!!) 🤣
Now the tables are about to be turned many are squealing.
Yet, you all wanted more and more
We gave you AF in the mid 80’s, by the mid 90’s it was good enough
Yet today you want eye tracking, you want 60fps, you want 4K option, then you want software to tweak even further
The result is AI will very soon deliver to the masses what you all kept wanting… but it’s now considered cheating… yet you all spent the last 20yrs doing just that!!
Oh the irony
As this is the canon board..
I can’t help but smirk at the very likely prospect of obsolete RF glass that is unable to be adapted to ANY other body other than the R system in years to come.
Since the start of the year I’ve spent every weekend out of the house visiting various places… I can count on one hand the number of “real” cameras I’ve spotted being carried. Spotted loads using their phone, watched them zooming in, tapping then sliding the ex/control too!!
AI meshed in with phone photography will be a killer combo, no one can deny that at this stage. It’s just how long camera manufacturers can hold out and survive in a rapidly dwindling market.
Feb 15, 2026 at 05:30 AM
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