You know, I, too, would argue that this is not a real pro camera.
But also SLRs are not automatically pro cameras. Neither are small-sensor-cameras (which others, for all the wrong reasons, tend to call point-and-shoot-cameras) automatically not pro cameras (Canon G9, Ricoh GR digital one and two, Lumix LX1 and LX2 and some others, I'm looking in your direction). Moreover, there are cameras that are not SLRs, but that are nevertheless considered (and always have been) pro tools. (Rangefinders anyone? Like the Leica M8?)
But you are right about one thing: the "prosumer" category is a very strange category. I wouldn’t want to call myself a prosumer, even if I may very well own what some might very well try to sell to me as a prosumer camera (GRD II). Even though I do not earn any money with my camera. It’s just a hobby. Maybe I would be ready to call myself an enthusiast. Clearly, some term is needed to describe the difference between point-and-shoots and so called prosumer cameras. Well, I know it when I see it, so I guess I might not need any fancy labels.
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Huh? Since when?
You know, I, too, would argue that this is not a real pro camera.
But also SLRs are not automatically pro cameras. Neither are small-sensor-cameras (which others, for all the wrong reasons, tend to call point-and-shoot-cameras) automatically not pro cameras (Canon G9, Ricoh GR digital one and two, Lumix LX1 and LX2 and some others, I'm looking in your direction). Moreover, there are cameras that are not SLRs, but that are nevertheless considered (and always have been) pro tools. (Rangefinders anyone? Like the Leica M8?)
But you are right about one thing: the "prosumer" category is a very strange category. I wouldn’t want to call myself a prosumer, even if I may very well own what some might very well try to sell to me as a prosumer camera (GRD II). Even though I do not earn any money with my camera. It’s just a hobby. Maybe I would be ready to call myself an enthusiast. Clearly, some term is needed to describe the difference between point-and-shoots and so called prosumer cameras. Well, I know it when I see it, so I guess I might not need any fancy labels.