What will stop the Massive decline in Interchangable Lens Camera Sales?
Jul 9, 2017 05:47:03 #
CHOLLY wrote:
Folks, sales of the tools we love to practice our craft and trade are dropping like a stone.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
"Good News for Camera Makers"
https://www.dpreview.com/news/2748880937/cipa-figures-for-may-show-more-good-news-for-camera-makers
Jul 9, 2017 06:07:26 #
CHOLLY wrote:
I watched the video and could not understand his name at the end of it; could you tell me who he is?
Jul 9, 2017 06:35:49 #
StanRP
Loc: Ontario Canada
CHOLLY wrote:
Folks, sales of the tools we love to practice our craft and trade are dropping like a stone.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
The new restrictions or ban's on taking camera's on aircraft is reducing DSLR sales. At the UK check-in, requiring DSLR cameras to be put in the box with other items to go through the X-Ray with the lens off the camera is asking for the sensor to be loaded with dust. This, along with the risk of DSLR camera's being banned when coming back home means that the travel camera of choice will become the cell phone camera that has full control of ISO/APERTURE/SHUTTER and takes RAW. These are already available - and soon will include optical zoom lens.
Jul 9, 2017 07:01:10 #
CHOLLY wrote:
Folks, sales of the tools we love to practice our craft and trade are dropping like a stone.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Hell i'm Concerned Too!
I saw a Digital Ad Where You can Hook a Hi Powered Zoom Lens to a Camera Phone Mainly a I-Phone, & if this is the Case The D.S.L.R's will be in Trouble Down the Road in the Near Future Cause of Apple Mainly Trying to put Camera Manufacturers Out of Business!
74images
Jul 9, 2017 07:04:15 #
jmsail365
Loc: Stamford, Ct
Just went through security at London-Heathrow. They allowed the camera to remain in the bag with the lens on the camera. I traveled with a cap for the camera & lens just in case they want them separated. Flying back to JFK the camera & lenses were carried on the plane.
Jul 9, 2017 07:09:57 #
The video stated that camera makers are repackaging old technology and selling it as if it were new. As for me I still use a Pentax K 10d and I am looking at "upgrading" to a K20. The last new camera I purchased was a Pentax ZXL, and that was 16 years ago and it still works perfectly. Maybe the old theory still hold true. "If it ain't broke don't fix it. John Sexton built a 20 year career on one camera and one lens.
Jul 9, 2017 07:25:08 #
As digital displays replace traditional picture frames there will be less need for huge amounts of pixels. We will view the picture hanging on the wall (or it will be the wall) and using voice commands describe what we want corrected. Just say darken the sky, blur the water, make the sun more orange and level the horizon while your at it. Turn picture to black and white and emulate Ansel Adams. The computer built into the frame will search millions of stored professional images and use the information to get ours just right.
We, or our descendants , will be able to go to a museum and see pictures of crazy old men and women bent over from carrying these heavy things called cameras. Some will be squinting while looking at paper photographs trying to count something called pixels. If you have no time to go to the museum, no problem. Just tell your frame to display the images and view them from your recliner.
The output devices will get the money for innovation. The input devices (cell phones) are already good enough.
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We, or our descendants , will be able to go to a museum and see pictures of crazy old men and women bent over from carrying these heavy things called cameras. Some will be squinting while looking at paper photographs trying to count something called pixels. If you have no time to go to the museum, no problem. Just tell your frame to display the images and view them from your recliner.
The output devices will get the money for innovation. The input devices (cell phones) are already good enough.
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Jul 9, 2017 07:34:19 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
CHOLLY wrote:
Folks, sales of the tools we love to practice our craft and trade are dropping like a stone.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
I could not disagree more. And shame on you as a confessed Sony man. Sony is bringing out new lenses daily for their complete line of A and especially E mount cameras. Nikon and Canon continue to fine tune their lenses. I am going to purchase 3 new Nikon lenses that just went on sale. IF THE WORST HAPPENS, I will adapt. But, for me, they will have to pry my DSLR's out of my cold dead hands.
Jul 9, 2017 07:41:29 #
A lot of people are over reacting, when digital became popular many said that film will no longer be available which turned out to be true, there will always be a market for slr cameras.
Jul 9, 2017 07:45:31 #
Jul 9, 2017 07:46:48 #
CHOLLY wrote:
Folks, sales of the tools we love to practice our craft and trade are dropping like a stone.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Why?
Many think Cell Phones with cameras are the problem... and to a certain extent this is true. But what professional photographer does a wedding with an iPhone? None... yet.
The problem with where the market is going is this; we as consumers are losing options and choices. The market is rapidly contracting, and if we aren't careful, many of us will be left out in the cold.
Cell phone camera users are not interested in learning photography, they want an easy way to capture memories. That was what P&S cameras were (are) about, just look at the features. They bought cameras because at the time the options were limited. The cell phone camera is perfect for these people and that is why the camera market is waning.
As a side note, my smart phone has more adjustments on the camera than my film cameras did.
Photography is a learned skill and for those that are serious about the craft there will always be devices that will accommodate us. We have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Jul 9, 2017 07:47:29 #
What will happened to the DSLR, what happened to Flim, Film made today is better than any made when it was in wide use, why because it is only used my specialists. The use of Cameras in Phones will continue to spread, my daughter-in-law, bought a new phone because the memory was full on the one she had. That is the mentality of the Camera phone it is not just the tool, it is also the display device. How many times have you seen a phone passed around the table at a family dinner to show off a picture. I was at a wedding recently where there was no Photographer, just a website to upload your snap shots off your phone. A friend of the bride took the pictures at the church with a tablet, maybe an I-Pad. The Wedding Album was downloadable 10 days after the wedding. The family picture taken at the wedding with a Samsung cell phone, was blurry and poorly exposed, with bad shadows, and glare points. But every one wanted a copy on their face-Book page. My wife wanted a printed copy but anything over 2.4 x 3.5 was so badly distorted it was unusable. So what is the lesson. Real dedicated cameras will continue for those of us who want that crystal clear breath taking shoot of a Bird or a Flower, a Sunset, or just like the idea of the right tool for the right job. The Camera Phone is here to stay, and it will get better. It will fill in that spot for those of the same mentality that used the 110 Instamatic, remember those. The large bulky Camera like my D7100 with 5 lenses will continue to pass into that realm of mystery of old technologies. But it will continue to garner respect, when I visit places with my gear strapped on and lift the Camera to take a picture people step back and make room, I have even heard mother say to their children quite that man is taking a picture. Each generation changes the face of society, I will be worried when Best Buy moves Cameras to the back page, or stops advertising them all together, like Walgreen's did with Film. Now where Film used to be are hundreds of electronic gadgets.
Jul 9, 2017 07:48:48 #
Great point! I also have a Canon sx 500 IS. 16 megapixels and produces beautiful pictures, easy to carry as well. For those times when I don't feel like carrying a lot of stuff.
Jul 9, 2017 07:49:39 #
TonyL wrote:
All this will come to pass, sooner or later.
I agree. This to shall pass. I use my cell phone at work when I forget to bring my Sony A6000 to a job site. But for fun and wildlife I use my Nikon D500 and 80-400mm or other lenses. Your not going to get this shot with a cell phone.
Jul 9, 2017 07:52:29 #
ricardo7 wrote:
Cell phones are only a small part of the market but it is probably significant.
Others, like me, are part of the problem. When the Canon 5D MKII came out
I bought one with a 24-105 L lens. That's all I use now and all I need. Aside from
a couple of filters that's all I've bought in many years. 25 years prior to buying
the Canon I bought a Pentax 67 and a Hasselblad 501CM. They still work fine.
Others, like me, are part of the problem. When the Canon 5D MKII came out
I bought one with a 24-105 L lens. That's all I use now and all I need. Aside from
a couple of filters that's all I've bought in many years. 25 years prior to buying
the Canon I bought a Pentax 67 and a Hasselblad 501CM. They still work fine.
cell phones impact the point and shoot market, not the DSLR market.
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