Where are all the box cameras???
May 17, 2019 18:25:56 #
By "box camera" I include slr, dslr, mirrorless, etc. This picture was taken in St Petersburg Russia last week. As far as I can see, I had the only "box" camera at the venue. BTW, this cathederal in the background is the 4th largest cathederal in the world.
Taken with Sony a7m3, Tamron 28-85mm lens.
Taken with Sony a7m3, Tamron 28-85mm lens.
May 17, 2019 18:36:32 #
May 17, 2019 18:51:04 #
Bittmoore wrote:
Not sure I understand your question.
I think that he's referring to no dedicated cameras , smart phones and tablets are prevalent. Box cameras used to have another meaning (IE Kodak Brownie)
May 17, 2019 18:51:58 #
Bittmoore wrote:
Not sure I understand your question.
Doesn't seem to actually BE a question .... just a rambling thought.
May 17, 2019 18:57:10 #
photogeneralist wrote:
I think that he's referring to no dedicated cameras , smart phones and tablets are prevalent. Box cameras used to have another meaning (IE Kodak Brownie)
To me they still do. It still does.
May 17, 2019 19:20:16 #
Tons of cameras, just not dedicated cameras. Cell phones abound some of them obviously being used in camera mode. Maybe one of the reasons Nikon profits were down 18%?
May 17, 2019 20:04:12 #
nikonbug wrote:
By "box camera" I include slr, dslr, mirrorless, etc. This picture was taken in St Petersburg Russia last week. As far as I can see, I had the only "box" camera at the venue. BTW, this cathederal in the background is the 4th largest cathederal in the world.
Taken with Sony a7m3, Tamron 28-85mm lens.
Taken with Sony a7m3, Tamron 28-85mm lens.
Why isn't a Smartphone imaging system considered a Camera?
May 17, 2019 20:06:06 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Why isn't a Smartphone imaging system considered a Camera?
Smartphones are considered to be cameras; but they are not "box" cameras.
May 17, 2019 20:19:48 #
May 17, 2019 20:21:10 #
Bittmoore
Loc: SE Wisconsin
Ok, that was my internal definition of "box camera" too and hence my ?
photogeneralist wrote:
I think that he's referring to no dedicated cameras , smart phones and tablets are prevalent. Box cameras used to have another meaning (IE Kodak Brownie)
May 17, 2019 21:14:02 #
For the type of photography they are doing, smartphone camera is plenty adequate.
If you wanted to cut off a loose string on your shirt, which would you grab - a pair of scissors or an electric power saw?
If you wanted to cut off a loose string on your shirt, which would you grab - a pair of scissors or an electric power saw?
May 18, 2019 06:38:56 #
I can see that most of you "got it". The demise of the slr, dslr, mirrorless, etc may be much more advanced than we think. Most of us on this blog seem to be in the US. So, looking outward, to Russia where the average income is significantly less, and China, also much less, the sale of "real dedicated cameras" has slowed much more than in the US. I love my Sony, but my wife used a cell phone to take about 100 pictures and posted them on Facebook while we were on the trip. She did a better job of remembering the names of the places and cathedrals and palaces, and informed our friends immediately of where we were and what we were doing. All without a "real camera".
The point was - cameras as we now know them are maybe not the choice of the citizens of many countries for both cost and convenience sake. And, if you look really hard, there is a photographer taking a picture of a wedding couple on the sidewalk, and he is using a cell phone. Can't see it from that angle, but I did see it later. So, a couple of hundred people in a sightseeing venue. One "box camera". Mine.
The point was - cameras as we now know them are maybe not the choice of the citizens of many countries for both cost and convenience sake. And, if you look really hard, there is a photographer taking a picture of a wedding couple on the sidewalk, and he is using a cell phone. Can't see it from that angle, but I did see it later. So, a couple of hundred people in a sightseeing venue. One "box camera". Mine.
May 18, 2019 07:16:49 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
nikonbug wrote:
By "box camera" I include slr, dslr, mirrorless, etc. This picture was taken in St Petersburg Russia last week. As far as I can see, I had the only "box" camera at the venue. BTW, this cathederal in the background is the 4th largest cathederal in the world.
Taken with Sony a7m3, Tamron 28-85mm lens.
Taken with Sony a7m3, Tamron 28-85mm lens.
So, you are saying that most people today are using phones to take photo's now days.
But, recent trends show a growing number of young phone shooters are trending toward entry lever DSLR's and Mirrorless camera's.
Your photo is only one example, I could show you examples where tour buses are loaded with DSLR shooters and not one cell phone.
May 18, 2019 07:25:40 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Why isn't a Smartphone imaging system considered a Camera?
Because people with cameras have their panties in a bunch and refuse to think there is a different way to take pictures.
May 18, 2019 07:49:02 #
rook2c4 wrote:
For the type of photography they are doing, smartphone camera is plenty adequate.
If you wanted to cut off a loose string on your shirt, which would you grab - a pair of scissors or an electric power saw?
If you wanted to cut off a loose string on your shirt, which would you grab - a pair of scissors or an electric power saw?
Interesting question. I guess it depends on the type of experience I was looking for🤪
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