billnikon wrote:
Phones are not generally used for studio work, professional weddings, professional family portraits, extreme closeups, wildlife, professional portraits, magazine layouts, catalogs, star and space photography, and many other area's to many to mention.
Yes, snapshots are popular with cell phones, they are easy to use, easy to transport, and do very well in a variety of areas. But they are no match for the high demands of hobbyists, series semi professional, and professional photographers.
Very true this. One of my kids who lives in Seattle, WA sent me a couple large prints that she took with her latest I-Phone. I thought it was a Christmas present and couldn't understand why she was sending these very large (poor) pictures from off the coast of Washington. I thought they were perhaps some professional pictures that she thought I would enjoy. As it turns out she meant to have them shipped to herself and then when she told me that she said she had shot them with her I-phone. If the camera makers are having to compete with the likes of those pictures then they aren't competing with much in my opinion. I have a Samsung phone and use the camera all the time but not for fine photography. Good cameras have always been for fine photography, not what you can do with a point and shoot. Admittedly one day the cameras on phones may be just as good as my wonderful D850, but not now.
I consider the Nikon cameras the most wonderful cameras for the money to ever be on the planet. Perhaps some medium and large format film is better than what comes out of the D850 or for that matter the Z7 but nothing else comes close.
I hope Nikon is around for a very long time, at least as long as me.