What Happened to the Photography Industry in 2014?
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This might interest a few here.
http://lensvid.com/gear/lensvid-exclusive-happened...
24% drop in DSLRs produced last year
75% drop in all cameras produced since 2010.
http://lensvid.com/gear/lensvid-exclusive-happened...
24% drop in DSLRs produced last year
75% drop in all cameras produced since 2010.
everyones gone bats
t for GoPros and Drones.
Phone cameras can pretty much replace most compacts.
In general the tech (including phones etc) now seems to be at a level where its more than good enough for a few years and the progress made on yearly updates is only small.
I have an NEX-6. Bar the updated menu system (which actually is worth the price of upgrading IMO) there isn't really much reason to buy an A6000 as an upgrade. Not much reason to buy it new either really if you can get the NEX-6 cheaper.
Canon have only just released a 7D replacement and IMO it doesn't really represent 5 years of progress. So again, why bother upgrading, original 7D is still a stellar camera. Buy some better lenses instead.
t for GoPros and Drones.Phone cameras can pretty much replace most compacts.
In general the tech (including phones etc) now seems to be at a level where its more than good enough for a few years and the progress made on yearly updates is only small.
I have an NEX-6. Bar the updated menu system (which actually is worth the price of upgrading IMO) there isn't really much reason to buy an A6000 as an upgrade. Not much reason to buy it new either really if you can get the NEX-6 cheaper.
Canon have only just released a 7D replacement and IMO it doesn't really represent 5 years of progress. So again, why bother upgrading, original 7D is still a stellar camera. Buy some better lenses instead.
It made me wonder if the fight for a share of a smaller market might produce some price cutting or significant product improvements or possibly the smaller industry production volumes might lead to higher costs and prices. Industry volumes went down 31% last year and 40% in 2013. In any industry where I worked these numbers would have been a calamity with significant job losses and reorganisation.
Its not surprising is it?
Digital camera gear has gone through a massive period of growth and improvement.
We are (on current cmos tech) on a plateua only marginal improvements for the short term future.
At a time when we are putting pretty decent cameras in phones that almost everyone carries (even with zoom lenses now).
SLR represents the jack of all trades get the job done camera that can perform in any conditions, and shoot any kind of subject.
But mirrorless are smaller and lighter and can shoot almost all the SLR can.
Those edge cases keep getting smaller and less relevant.
Digital camera gear has gone through a massive period of growth and improvement.
We are (on current cmos tech) on a plateua only marginal improvements for the short term future.
At a time when we are putting pretty decent cameras in phones that almost everyone carries (even with zoom lenses now).
SLR represents the jack of all trades get the job done camera that can perform in any conditions, and shoot any kind of subject.
But mirrorless are smaller and lighter and can shoot almost all the SLR can.
Those edge cases keep getting smaller and less relevant.
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