Is DSLR a trend?

There are more and more people getting a DSLR. In the same time, there are more and more people talking around, asking around, having a topic about DSLR , some are saying DSLR is a trend.

"Everyone is getting an DSLR because everyone is getting one."

But I think in the other way round. Is it true that everyone is getting a DSLR because everyone is getting one? Why isn't that they are getting a DSLR because they want to take a good or better pictures? I do feel like, more and more people getting to understand the important of keeping their daily live photos or the fun of sharing their photos.

Photo sharing is getting more and more common now a days. We can easily share our photos online and we can easily view others people's photos. On the other hand, digital technologies are also getting more and more common in our daily life. It is very normal that everyone have a digital camera. A very easy example to tell how common is a digital camera now a days. Just compare how a person fake pose a "shooting-a-photo" pose. When I was a kid, I put my hands right in front of my face and pose like I'm shooting with a Kodak film camera. Now, people will use their thumbs and index finger to make a frame and pose like they are using a digital live view camera. No one ask to pose like that. It just came up into their mind when you ask someone to pose a "shooting-a-photo" pose.

With a more advance photo sharing website now a days, photos can be uploaded and shared easily. The most important is, it can be view by anyone easily. Just like Facebook, it can auto resize and upload your photos. Then all of your friends can view the photos, even non friends accounts!!

On the other hand, the price of getting a DSLR is being more affordable comparing to 5 years back. Today, people are getting a DSLR because of everyone having one or people want to get a DLSR because they want to get a better picture to share/keep?



Lu Ting Jieh