Headline ! Camera sales plummet ! (Page 2): You make 62 sound so old! Don’t give up yet. I’m almost 61 and still feel like the older kids in sixth grade are way bigger than I am. I...

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

SteveG wrote:

As far as I'm concerned personally, I'm 62 years old. I am not worried that if I don't buy another camera that my equipment, Olympus OM-D EM5 MARK II and lenses, will take me a long way. Maybe if technology changes drastically again maybe I need one more change? Who knows. You're right! Just keep shooting and don't worry about it!

You make 62 sound so old! Don’t give up yet. I’m almost 61 and still feel like the older kids in sixth grade are way bigger than I am.

I find advances in technology fun.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm not hanging up; I'm hanging on. Long live the DSLR!

Bill_de Loc: US

The loss of new cameras is no big deal as long as what we have still works. The real worry should be about the time today's storage media is no longer readable. Quite a few have disappeared over the years with some losing favor today.

https://www.arcserve.com/insights/history-of-data-storage-technology/

--

SteveG Loc: Norh Carolina

Robertl594 wrote:

You make 62 sound so old! Don’t give up yet. I’m almost 61 and still feel like the older kids in sixth grade are way bigger than I am.

I find advances in technology fun.

Oh, don't get me wrong, so do I! I feel like I'm still in high school! I was just passing on to those that seem worried about where it's going, the technology, that you can't worry about it. It's going where it's going! Personally for this old man, I still love new technology! I'm always trying to buy the newest gizmo or gadget that comes around. I'm right there with you!

radiojohn

There have always been more Instamatic and disposable camera users than SLR users. Many of these people got conned into thinking that digis were going to be easy (a few were). But the digis kept adding more features and these folks did NOT want to learn about ISO, P, A, S, exposure comp, etc. (Not to mention getting files into as computer*). So now they use phones. And they are getting more complicated!

*I taught classes on beginner digi use.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

An annoying topic that achieves nothing and proves even less.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

siamesecatmanuk wrote:

I,m sure you have all read the headlines that camera sales are dropping and phone cameras are booming,it will be nice that the phone owners can snatch that photo that otherwise would have been missed and sure they can blur backgrounds and give portrait like results etc,but my DSLR and more recently my coolpix p7000 won't be being replaced by a phone camera any time soon.
Are you hanging up your DSLR,s members ?
Graham

Yeah I’m leaving D-SLR land, I’m keeping all my full frame lenses since I still shoot film. However, as soon as I can afford it, I am going to switch to using a mirrorless body for my full frame digital work.

We have enjoyed a fabulous era where camera manufactures had revenue to develop the high quality lower cost products, the pro-sumer cameras we know and love. But the bigger question today is given the failure in traditional camera sales, will higher end cameras, like the D-SLRs of today, remain affordable in the future? Or will the markek split into lower end phones and accessories for the masses and high end cameras for the rich and other professionals?

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

My cell phone doesn't even have a camera. It's a phone.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

siamesecatmanuk wrote:

I,m sure you have all read the headlines that camera sales are dropping and phone cameras are booming,it will be nice that the phone owners can snatch that photo that otherwise would have been missed and sure they can blur backgrounds and give portrait like results etc,but my DSLR and more recently my coolpix p7000 won't be being replaced by a phone camera any time soon.
Are you hanging up your DSLR,s members ?
Graham

Just because sales drop doesn't mean the cameras will stop working.

BebuLamar

Sales drop is good news because you don't have GAS.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

siamesecatmanuk wrote:

I,m sure you have all read the headlines that camera sales are dropping and phone cameras are booming,it will be nice that the phone owners can snatch that photo that otherwise would have been missed and sure they can blur backgrounds and give portrait like results etc,but my DSLR and more recently my coolpix p7000 won't be being replaced by a phone camera any time soon.
Are you hanging up your DSLR,s members ?

Smartphone cameras are NOT in direct competition with DSLR cameras. No more than shampoo is competing with toothpaste for market share. And many people who purchase a smartphone are buying it for all sorts of purposes other than merely utilizing the built-in camera. Texting and making phone calls, listening to music, surfing the internet, GPS, etc.

Anhanga Brasil Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil

rmalarz wrote:

Thank goodness I'm on the user side of this equation and not the seller side.

To answer your question, absolutely not. When I want to take a photo, my phone is the last thing that comes to mind.
--Bob

And when I want to place a call, my camera is the last thing that comes to mind.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Anhanga Brasil wrote:

And when I want to place a call, my camera is the last thing that comes to mind.

But why is that? Maybe you need to widen your thinking. Technology fosters change.

High end DSLRs, and mirrorless cameras, have microphones and speakers, wireless connectivity and a processor. All that is needed is an internet connection, and the software, to make VIOP calls. You could even use the Viewfinder for FaceTime like video.

Anhanga Brasil Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil

JD750 wrote:

But why is that? Maybe you need to widen your thinking. Technology fosters change.

High end DSLRs, and mirrorless cameras, have microphones and speakers, wireless connectivity and a processor. All that is needed is an internet connection, and the software, to make VIOP calls. You could even use the Viewfinder for FaceTime like video.

Exactly because of that. I use land lines. Never used and can not feel the need
of using VOIP.

rcpmac

OK You are old fashioned. There, now you know ;).
I seldom use my iphone 7+ as a phone. (that would be time dependent analog use of a tremendous digital device)
I use it for texting, web surfing, reading books and newspapers, videos, and yes... photography.
Great optics, twin lens, in camera editing, HDR, Burst, Panoramic, portrait. Remarkable image-maker. I don't know how they do it!
Meanwhile my Nikon digital and complement of lenses and tripods mostly stays home.