Andrew Reid makes a case against the sustainability of consumer grade DSLRs – their eventual fade (in his opinion) may mean more emphasis on the professional DSLR camera market.
In a way, nothing has changed… everything has changed. Throughout the photographic era, the way most people used cameras was document their social lives and special occasions, now they do it with a phone not a camera.
Until now the 'smartphone problem' had been pretty much isolated to the low end compact camera market. In my opinion this market is defunct and will vanish entirely within 10 years. Compacts used to sell 10 million units a month globally on average in 2011 and in 2013 this has fallen to around 4 million.
Not worth saving?
Sony have tried to be innovative and release a 'digital lens' for a smartphone with the QX series, but the right solution would have been to release an extremely slim case for an iPhone which became 'at-one' with the phone so you'd carry it with you by default, with it offering the protection of a case but the increased image quality of a high end compact, via it's own dedicated sensor and optics.
Nokia's PureView 41MP camera shows you can substantially improve on iPhone-level image quality without the need for bulky lenses.
Unfortunately Sony chose not to take this route with the QX series. I'd rather carry a separate camera, because it is a separate camera anyway – and a pain in the ass to pair-up.
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