![]() This year also marked the launch of the Micro Four Thirds (opens in new tab) mount, co-developed between Panasonic and Olympus. It was the world’s first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. As well as being the first year video was introduced to DSLRs, laying the foundations for the hybridisation of cameras to come, it was also the year that Panasonic revealed the Lumix G1 at Photokina in Cologne. Building on the success of the original EOS 5D, the Mark II was also hugely popular among landscape, portrait and wedding photographers.Ģ008 was a pivotal year for camera tech. The quality of the EOS 5D Mark II was so good that it was quickly adopted by professionals in the TV and film industries, as a B-cam and crash cam for blockbuster movies such as Iron Man 2 and shows like House. ![]() In 2008 the mega-popular Nikon D90 became the first DSLR to offer video recording capabilities, but a month or so later, Canon released the EOS 5D Mark II (opens in new tab), which raised the bar to FullHD video. But for a large part of that decade, compact cameras were the money-makers for the industry. Canon did introduce the Digital Rebel (aka EOS 300D) in 2003, with the now staple EF-S 18-55mm (opens in new tab) kit lens, which was the first DSLR that could be purchased for around £1,000. While DSLR cameras were finding their feet and were still out of reach for the average consumer, the early to mid-2000s were awash with compact (pocket) digital cameras, which were low-cost and easy to produce en masse. Of course many companies still have their own proprietary RAW formats, but many conversion tools have been released since the launch of Camera RAW, keeping the editing capabilities of RAW files accessible for free. ![]() The creation of Adobe Digital Negative (Adobe DNG) and Camera RAW allowed the industry to converge on a RAW format and conversion platform that would effectively be permanently accessible, even if one of the companies were to go out of business. Being so late to release a full-frame DSLR is arguably a huge misstep that the company is still paying for today.Ģ003 also saw the release of Adobe Camera RAW (opens in new tab), which for the first time, allowed photographers to easily edit and convert RAW image files. However, Nikon failed to join the full-frame bandwagon until 2007, when it released the iconic Nikon D3. The iconic Nikon D3 (Image credit: Future) ![]()
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