Headline ! Camera sales plummet !
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
Not any time soon; however, it does sit in the drawer much more than before getting a good camera with my cell phone. Do take more photos than ever before but really wish I'd have had my DSLR whenever I find myself frustrated because of not being able to coax a shot taken with the cell phone camera into something usable.
tommy2 wrote:
Not any time soon; however, it does sit in the drawer much more than before getting a good camera with my cell phone. Do take more photos than ever before but really wish I'd have had my DSLR whenever I find myself frustrated because of not being able to coax a shot taken with the cell phone camera into something usable.
"I find myself frustrated because of not being able to coax a shot taken with the cell phone camera into something usable." Then you are doing something wrong.
This was taken 2 years ago on a ski trip. It's useable.
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
You wouldn’t know it by this group. I’m also part of 2 Nikon groups on Facebook and that seems to be thriving. A lot of “I have a Nikon D## And want to upgrade to a D##”. And on all sites, the questions about the next lens needs. I think we’re keeping cameras for a while.
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
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
Are they going to have big sales on DSLR? That would be a great thing.
They still have a long way to go to have the phone replace an interchangeable lens camera, even with the lens attachment that fits on a phone. Phones may be good for selfies, but I can not imagine taking a phone for it's camera to a wildlife shoot.
Call me old fashioned, hard headed and stubborn, but I want my phone to be just that. A PHONE. I am like the gun owners who talk about prying their guns from their cold dead hands. You can have my dslr when you pry it from my cold dead hands. Not that cell phones can't take good pictures. They can, but so what. There is no pride of knowledge or accomplishment in holding a device in your hand that does it all for you.
It is almost like when I was doing wedding photography back in the 70's and granny would come into the studio with mom and the bride and shove a polaroid in my face and say, "see, my picture is as good as any of yours." Now, I know the average cell phone does a better job than the polaroid, but the principle is the same. If they wanted granny to do the wedding, what did they pay me for.
So, I hope the camera folks can keep their heads above water. After all, they are the ones who provide the standard for the cell phone folks to reach out to.
What has been proven since the last century (and I was there) is that visual acquisition is part of our culture in art and commerce. I had my first SLR in my twenties. Nikons for years. An AV company slides on screens for big corps we had a cabinet full of Nikons. And one lens for all shooters 35mm. As a videographer of late
getting video footage that is good and can be manipulated is cheaper and easier. We have to get our heads out of the sand about "will I be able to use my Canon/Nikon gear. Yes these companies will support us for a long time. I am now a Sony gear owner. I give them and Panasonic etc credit for moving the bar up with sensational camera's that shoot stills and video. Why would anyone sell it complete Nikon outfit now.
Use it. It is great stuff. Imagery will never go away. Movies are being make with cell phones.
I remember film and video formats years ago that were awful. My business had 3/4" video.
Have you looked at Tri X film shots lately. Hi 8 ugly. Enjoy that we can have cameras that
work in amazingly low light and take great images. Good luck.
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
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
Fake news.
billnikon wrote:
Fake news.
I don't know, Donald. There is no denying that cell phones and all that they can do have put a crimp in the market.
Well, if you think about it, before the cell phone camera was what its become, something that takes a decent photo, the only thing that could take a decent photo was a point and shoot, or for more serious the obvious, the obvious. Those of us who are serious will always have our DSLRs or Mirrorless cameras but of course the market is dropping for the point and shoot cameras and those who wanted to take a halfway decent photo who felt they needed at least a good point and shoot or spent money on a low end DSLR.
Robertl594
Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket
The road of the march of technology is very much a downhill path. The farther it goes, the faster it goes. And we can discuss multiple disciplines, including photography, where we can readily see how fast the march gets going once the change begins.
What I see as different now is the difficulty in keeping older technology functional once we lose the support of the manufacturers. I found an old SRT101 while cleaning a room the other day. It's closing in on 40 years old. As long as I can buy the proper button cell and maybe find someone to clean and lube it, and find film for it, I could keep it in operation. But I have had to retire my Olympus OM -1N and OM-2N because someone has decided that the constant voltage mercury batteries that they require can no longer be legally manufactured. My OM-2S could still work for now, because it uses alkaline button cells which are still available. But the truth is that I no longer care about any of those 4 cameras.
So in many ways, we are not that much different from the newer generations that we fuss about. It's just that their choices are beginning to impact us, and it's scary.
So keep taking pictures. Just know that a time is coming when you are going to have to be contentwith the eequipment that you have, mirrorless or not. And do some advance planning on how you are going to keep everything operational and supplied with expendables.
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!
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