Interesting take on camera company biz: https://dslrbodies.com/newsviews/nikon-2018-news/november-2018-nikon-news/the-decline-continues.html...

Angmo

https://dslrbodies.com/newsviews/nikon-2018-news/november-2018-nikon-news/the-decline-continues.html

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Angmo wrote:

https://dslrbodies.com/newsviews/nikon-2018-news/november-2018-nikon-news/the-decline-continues.html

Interesting

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Angmo wrote:

https://dslrbodies.com/newsviews/nikon-2018-news/november-2018-nikon-news/the-decline-continues.html

This seems to be an article very intelligently written. It addresses what is going on. As long as these manufacturers are willing to build cameras, we will have cameras. And I think he is right about the sharing of photos; the more and faster of that built into the camera can make it more desirable. The down fall of the cellphone picture is the user wants a super thin cellphone but can not find one with the 24-200 f2.8 or f4 zoom in it. For that one needs a camera. The more intergrated into the communication technology, the easier to sell. Thank you for presenting the article to us UHHs.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

wdross wrote:

This seems to be an article very intelligently wri... (show quote)

Many seem to forget that SLRs were a niche market virtually their entire existence.
Canon with the AE-1 wildly expanded the niche market but it was still a very limited market.
It is just going back to where it was before the AE-1.
There will always be enthusiasts and pros clamoring for a quality camera over the Instamatic (Now called a cell phone) so the market will remain. The question becomes who survives and to what level?

Daryl New Loc: Wellington,New Zealand

Good points....

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Architect1776 wrote:

Many seem to forget that SLRs were a niche market virtually their entire existence.
Canon with the AE-1 wildly expanded the niche market but it was still a very limited market.
It is just going back to where it was before the AE-1.
There will always be enthusiasts and pros clamoring for a quality camera over the Instamatic (Now called a cell phone) so the market will remain. The question becomes who survives and to what level?

Agreed. They all could treat it as a niche item that they want to aways carry - as long as they, on the average, break even or make a small profit. From this article, one must assume that none the manufactures want to give up their portion of the niche. They will just innovate and accept their portion of a smaller market. Until someone invents a way to integrate a super zoom into a razor thin cellphone, cellphones and cameras will both exist.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

wdross wrote:

Agreed. They all could treat it as a niche item that they want to aways carry - as long as they, on the average, break even or make a small profit. From this article, one must assume that none the manufactures want to give up their portion of the niche. They will just innovate and accept their portion of a smaller market. Until someone invents a way to integrate a super zoom into a razor thin cellphone, cellphones and cameras will both exist.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

I would say that there are a small percentage of us that uses a big camera. The cell phone has taken away a lot of the camera business. Look at an audience taking pictures of a celebrity. Do you see anyone holding up a camera?

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

shelty wrote:

I would say that there are a small percentage of us that uses a big camera. The cell phone has taken away a lot of the camera business. Look at an audience taking pictures of a celebrity. Do you see anyone holding up a camera?

Only the ones that have their cameras along and know how to use them. There are not many left that carry their cameras everywhere - unless it is their cellphone camera. Some with foresight may have brought their cameras, but it is not likely to be many and more likely to be only a very, very few.