The last and only time I visited Disney in Florida was a few weeks after 9/11. I remember wondering if we were going to be able to even fly to America, let alone get to the theme parks. I bought a new camera specifically for the trip, an Olympus MJU 35mm zoom, because I didn’t want to lug my Minolta Dynax 7000i around the parks. Great little camera with a super sharp lens. My brother had just bought a 2mp canon ixus digital compact. But I felt at the time that digital wasn't quite there yet so chose 35mm. Compact flash storage wasn’t cheap and quite meagre (I remember he bought a second 32mb card at the airport, just in case).All of what you write here is
All good points.
It is really really difficult to analyze/generalize/offer opinions about camera usage in the USA, except that, as you say, cellphone camera sensors and the software that drives them have greatly improved....and supply 'good-enough' snapshots for most people.
I've offered variations of the following opinion here on CR previously:
...with family (and extended family), I've visited Disney World (Orlando) more times than I care to admit.
The last few times we visited the parks, my park-walking camera gear has included an M body and 2 EF-M lenses, occasionally with one additional EF lens and the necessary adapter--35mm F2 IS (for pix inside the attractions).
Sometimes I ask my wife to pack the 35mm F2 lens in her backpack...because the M body/lens + one extra lens + two extra batteries all fit nicely inside of a smallish bag that attaches to me via a belt-loop.
I have taken notice of the gear that other Disney visitors use--very very few full-frame bodies, a few Rebels and the analogues...and for about a decade now: phones phones phones, seemingly, at times, to the exclusion of ALL MILCs (and point-and-shoot cameras, for that matter).
I don't know how accurate a barometer Disney World is as far as camera usage in the USA is concerned...but I feel confident in guessing that more pictures are 'taken' in the Disney parks, on most days, than any other venue in the entire world.
I've always felt confident that my go-to Disney rig: an M body mated to the 11-22mm IS EF-M lens... put me in a good place as far as acquiring high-quality images and videos...while still enjoying the park. The 11-22 lens is the killer app as far as EF-M is concerned.
Other options with other manufacturers exist...many of these are much pricier solutions.
So now I read here the likely supposition that the emergin R format (including R-S) is going to result in the demise of M.
My oh my.
To be honest, if I went on a theme park trip I would probably leave the camera at home and just use my phone. I want to enjoy the experience, and go on the rides without worrying about my camera gear. Although I’d probably kick myself after for not taking it with me!
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