The optics of the situation

[porsupah]

And so it came to pass that the D7100 handed over its reign as the bunnycam's mainstay to the newcomer, a D500. ^_^ The main factors for me were the improved continuous speed, up from the D7100's 6fps (at 12-bit, full sensor; it can manage 7fps if the area's cropped down 1.3x, but that's too awkward a compromise to be worth the return) to 10fps,

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[rocket_wolf]

For me its kind of like this:

Use the phone camera where I can't use an actual camera.
Use a point and shoot pocket camera when I need to take photos quickly and can't grab or don't have room for a DSLR.
Use the DSLR when there is plenty of time, plenty of room, and few individuals around to complain about me taking photos or wanting to steal my stuff.

I put that I would like to try a mirrorless camera someday though, as it would be fun to try a smaller DSLR-style camera sometime, and see what old video lenses could create on such a setup.

[hastka]

As a bit of random nostalgia, twenty years ago people used to talk about using the 35mm point-and-shoot when they couldn't use an actual camera, a 35mm SLR when they didn't have room in the case for anything better, medium format when they were pretty serious with few individuals around wanting to steal your stuff, and large format when there was "plenty of time, plenty of room." :)

On the other hand, even the way photos are viewed these days is different... I'm hard-pressed to remember the last time someone showed me a photo that was on actual photographic paper, or even paper period. Maybe there are still some artsy magazines that rely on higher resolution, but otherwise, even the resolution topic is reduced. Heck, I don't even think people really do family portraits on walls, anymore.