w00dy4012 Loc: Thalia, East Virginia

This is a senseless question (statement?). What difference does it make to anyone and why would anyone care? Cameras are simply tools. You find the tool that works best for you and use it. If one owned Ansel Adam's Hasselblad they they still still wouldn't be his equal.

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

I ... disagree.
Cell phones are ruling.
I have a small town's worth of younger relatives.
THEIR question is "Why?"
Why carry two things that do the same thing.
Why spend thousands of dollars to carry a camera around and worry about it.
Why? My biggest printed pictures are going to be 5x7. If that. 4x6s are cheap.
Why? My phone can take good enough shots of the people I'm with. I can download anything else,
I can mess with the shots, and send them to your phone. Can your camera do that?
Why? A couple clicks and my pictures are already on the cloud.
Why? Mine fits in my pocket. I just pull it out, zoom and shoot.
And so on.
We're discussing the various properties of buggywhip brands.

w00dy4012 Loc: Thalia, East Virginia

My point exactly. You found what works for you and you use it. Why worry about what tools others use?

Harl-Man

Not to worry, they thought film was dead and dying too.

twice_shooter

A woman walks into a produce store to buy bananas. She grabs a bunch of somewhat green bananas and then asks the produce manager “will these be ripe by tomorrow?”

The manager looks over the bananas, then looks at the woman and asks “what time tomorrow?”

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Life is a funny and fickle thing. Trends come and go. I can tell you from first hand experience that there are many kids interested in photography. And they are interested in doing it with real, dedicated photographic equipment. But their parents are all about "the deal." All about saving a few bucks, especially when they make a major purchase.

So no...photography is not dying. DSLRs are not dying. What is dying is the ability to sell any major purchase in a controlled, price-fixed environment. It died for cellphone equipment, it is dying for new cars, and it will die (one way or the other) for photography equipment.

People like to have choices. They like to save a little money (just read the discussions here about batteries), and they like to feel that they have a measure of control. The manufacturers are reaping the rewards of what they have sown for years, and folks are finding and following options that don't fall under their control.

I believe that there will be several photographic technology options for quite a while. Just not the multitude of choices that we are accustomed to having available.

Collhar Loc: New York City.

You may be right. I think the lack young people who are not buying DSLR or Mirrorless cameras should be a concern. Older people who already have either will continue with those cameras. There is more of them(young) than us.
This past weekend we took three of our grandchildren into to city for the day and an early supper. We went to Rockefeller Center, St Pat's., top of the Empire State building and a few more Christmas tourist things to see. Then dinner at Keens Steak restaurant. They were blown away by that restaurant. We wanted them to remember the day.
During the day I was keeping a mental note of who was using what to take pictures. Cell phone users including our grandchildren by far outweighed any other form of camera. To your point about the closure and finishing off of DSLR's centers. Mirrorless cameras may enjoy among those that already have cameras an increase but as those users get older yet, there is no burning desire from new/younger people to buy either. Why should they?

BebuLamar

I don't know how old you are but I am quite sure you can stock pile enough DSLR's to last your lifetime.

Collhar Loc: New York City.

I am 74. I bought a new Sony at a recent camera show in NYC. This is my last camera. I only need one.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

I predicted that one day all or the majority of the cameras made would be mirrorless. I do not believe I am too far now from what I predicted.
I can also say that I do not believe the dSLR will find its demise, I believe there is a place for both.

If you feel like buying a mirrorless body what stops you? Tomorrow does not belong to anyone if you understand what I am saying.
The present is today.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

How long ago was film supposed to have died?

Collhar Loc: New York City.

How alive is film?? When I was a girl it was only film type camera's. I cannot remember the last time at any place/event I have been where I saw someone open a camera remove film and reinsert a roll of film.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Interchangeable lens cameras are already a luxury, boutique item. Film cameras are a relatively small niche within interchangeable lens cameras. No one makes new film cameras. Only rather affluent individuals can afford these luxury items in addition to their ubiquitous and capable, multi-function cell phone. Only the highest-end of the camera market shows any direction other than spectacular crashing. Models are being consolidated and dropped already, likely soon to be followed by manufacturers.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I stand in disagreement. You see when I started to learn photography I puchased my first camera, a ZenitE. I have taken care of this camera and it is still operational. I have a Canon AE-1 and it is still operational. I have a Canon EOS Rebel 2000 and its operational. I have a Canon 5D Mark II and you guessed it..it's still operational. All of my cameras (although not a large collection) provide excellent photographs faithfully.
If you take care of your "baby" it will work flawlessly. If you want to buy into the new craze of Mirrorless so be it. So, if anyone has a working "antique" camera, please don't sell it! Donate it to a local high school. That way you are inspiring a new generation of photographers.

I probably won't buy a Mirrorless. My wife won't let me!!

Happy Shooting!

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

You could have seen me in Florida, Alabama and / or Georgia swapping film 7 times in a month. And only once at any of these multiple locations, did I see multiple people also with a DSLR / MILC.