Re: CaNikon will have to enter the mrrorless market.....
chez wrote:
rattymouse wrote: bjornthun wrote:
Then there is the elephant in the room on flick, smartphones. They\'re ahead of all traditional cameras.
Exactly. This and ONLY this is what is destroying DSLR\'s. Mirrorless simply is not a part of this equation.
Camera sales are in free fall and it is all because of the smart phone. The paltry, absolutely paltry sales of mirrorless are not helping replace lost customers for all regular cameras.
Mirrorless are on the same ship as DSLR\'s and that ship is called Titanic.
Ratty, are you saying today Canon would not like a 25% boost in revenue that is going to mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras?
Canon, I\'m guessing, would like every last dollar that they can get.
chez wrote:
Given its financial statements for the last few years, I would think Canon would welcome the mirrorless revenues.
Canon has chosen to devote resources elsewhere. Canon is an enormous company with their hands in many many different businesses. Seeing that very few camera makers actually turn a profit, it looks to be a very smart move on Canon\'s part to limit their exposure to an industry that is very clearly in steep decline.
chez wrote:
As far as the camera market is on a spiral down...have you ever compared the sales of cameras in the 90\'s...film hey day to today\'s sales. You\'d be surprised there are still much more cameras being sold today than any year in the 90\'s.
Your observation above is rather shallow and does not hold up to scrutiny. It is not reasonable at all to suggest that camera sales falling to the pre-digital level would be satisfactory,
Here\'s why. The market is much larger now. The population of consumer is MUCH larger than it was 20 years ago. In China alone there are over 100 million more middle class people. India has added 20 million or more people to their middle class. North America and Europe have natural population growth as well. All these people have surplus money to spend and the vast majority are clearly NOT buying DSLR\'s Mirrorless, or compact cameras. They are using smart phones to record their live\'s memories.
If mirrorless were truly successful, sales should be increasing year after year after year, simply because there are more available buyers today than yesterday. The market is growing and yet these companies are selling less and less.
The mirrorless cameras being made today are VERY good cameras. Very good, yet they struggle for sales volume. This is a clear indication that the forces working against mirrorless (and all traditional cameras really) is extremely strong, and unlikely to be overcome by the camera manufacturers. To some extent, they have lost control of their own destiny.
Sep 22, 2015 at 07:58 PM
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