2008 may prove to be a real breakthrough year for digital photography. DSLRs are now affordable for just about everyone, and quality compact digital cameras are getting downright cheap.

- It;s hard for me to believe that one can buy a good Olympus DSLR (E-330, body only) new for $330.
- The full-frame (35mm sensor) Canon 5D is selling close to $2000 new and $1500 used in excellent condition.
- There is good reason to believe one or more 5D replacements will be announced on January 24, 2008. If Canon brings in a new full frame camera at a $2K street price, the 5D will likely approach $1k in the used market by the end of 2008. That would be a huge development for full frame fans.
- Quality, image-stabilized body+2-lens DSLR kits such as the Olympus E-510/14-42/40-150 kit are selling for $650!
- Advanced, high end compacts like the Powershot G9 have been driven way down in price by the increasing affordability of DSLRs.
- The Panasonic DMC-FZ18, a high-quality "bridge camera" with an excellent 18x stabilized zoom covering wide to supertelephoto, is selling for under $350.
- There are too many to name high quality compact cameras coming in near or below the $200 mark.

2008 is bound to be a year in which many of those holding out on their digital camera purchase will wait no longer. As for me, I just want an affordable digital rangefinder. Is that too much to ask?