Anssi Vanjoki, Executive VP of Markets for Nokia, said on Tuesday that cameraphone technology in the very near future will revolutionize the market for DSLR cameras. “There will be no need to carry around those heavy lenses,” said the Nokia exec according to Reuters. That is a bold statement that is hard to believe and I doubt it’s possible.

Can cameraphones replace DSLR’s?

I have a DSLR and the quality of the photos it takes is much better than the cameraphones I’ve used. What makes Nokia devices better is the portability. I can carry them in my pocket throughout the day. My shoulder starts feeling the pressure when I carry the DSLR around for a while. I believe Anssi Vanjoki when he says that cameraphones will get better in the future, but there’s no way they can make DSLR’s obsolete. I’d like to be proven wrong though.