The inevitable advancement in a highly competitive market. Cell phone camera's have already marginalized every other camera type out there to tiny niches. As the technology gets better and better it will go straight up the line. Dedicated camera's whether they be ML or not are in for a very rough time. Unless manufacturers start giving them away the economies of scale are going to make those tiny niches expensive.
Sony for all it's innovation in their camera's may well dump the division and just stick with sensors. I read an article talking about how they may dump their cell phone division as well as they can't compete with the big boys.
Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly publishes iPhone photography book and says the iPhone has made him a better photographer. If it works for him it ought to work for the rest of us.
“two-lens system where the back camera uses two lenses and it somehow takes it up into DSLR quality imagery.”
This is the kind of statement that is suppose to attract the everyday user that has their phone as their main camera. Post it on a camera forum and it turns into a joke.
Even if, for the sake of argument, it were true, I don't think the professionals are that threatened. Those who have survived this long will always find a way, despite how technology evolves.
I think there's an EOS EF adapter for the iPhone. Life would be so easy as you'd merely have to carry an iPhone and EF 1200 5.6L USM to run with the big dogs!
ggreene wrote:
The inevitable advancement in a highly competitive market. Cell phone camera's have already marginalized every other camera type out there to tiny niches. As the technology gets better and better it will go straight up the line. Dedicated camera's whether they be ML or not are in for a very rough time. Unless manufacturers start giving them away the economies of scale are going to make those tiny niches expensive.
Sony for all it's innovation in their camera's may well dump the division and just stick with sensors. I read an article talking about how they may dump their cell phone division as well as they can't compete with the big boys. ...Show more →
Agreed - also the cell phone market will consolidate. The next big step up will be the introduction of real (not just software app) Lytro technology into cell phone camera sensors.