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I disagree with this wholeheartedly. Pictures I take with my phone are "in the moment" pictures something like "oh look my son put his pants on his head, that's

by swalsh 10y ago

I disagree with this wholeheartedly. Pictures I take with my phone are "in the moment" pictures something like "oh look my son put his pants on his head, that's a keeper". Those I throw on facebook so my mom can check it out... and then i'm done. But when I pull out my $1500 DSLR, it's not a firehose (well it is, but not what i'm going to publish) I'm going to go through hundreds of pics, pick 20 or so that matter, and then put effort into touching them up... because I shot in RAW just so I could do that. After you spent literally hours making that photo "just right", that's what I use flikr for. It's also nice to have other photographers find your stuff, and comment on how nice it is. I think this is just one more point of "if you want to do a startup, look for something owned by Yahoo, and build that"

bonaldi 10y ago
I don't disagree with you; it's just that those of us with the DSLRs (and the ILCs) are the last holdouts, we're a niche rump of what used to be a mainstream activity. Someone will make a nice life out of creating a service for that niche, but it's not going to be a Yahoo-scale thing.
- soundwave106 10y ago
  I would say that's more because Yahoo lacks any real good vision. :) From what I see (based on this chart -- http://petapixel.com/2015/04/09/this-is-what-the-history-of-camera-sales-looks-like-with-smartphones-included/ http://petapixel.com/2015/04/09/this-is-what-the-history-of-...) -- DSLRs and ILCs are "slow but steady" and not crashing too badly. A "niche" for sure. But until smartphones can match the quality of a DSLR in certain situations (low light or zoom for a start) I can see there always being a market for these higher-end amateur / hobbyist type photographers. The category being slaughtered now by smartphones is (obviously) the compact digital. Flickr's not going to be able to compete at this point with the general social media photography. Why not focus on a market they once had a good handle on and probably isn't going away anytime soon?

by swalsh 10y ago

bonaldi 10y ago

I don't disagree with you; it's just that those of us with the DSLRs (and the ILCs) are the last holdouts, we're a niche rump of what used to be a mainstream activity. Someone will make a nice life out of creating a service for that niche, but it's not going to be a Yahoo-scale thing.

soundwave106 10y ago
I would say that's more because Yahoo lacks any real good vision. :) From what I see (based on this chart -- http://petapixel.com/2015/04/09/this-is-what-the-history-of-camera-sales-looks-like-with-smartphones-included/ http://petapixel.com/2015/04/09/this-is-what-the-history-of-...) -- DSLRs and ILCs are "slow but steady" and not crashing too badly. A "niche" for sure. But until smartphones can match the quality of a DSLR in certain situations (low light or zoom for a start) I can see there always being a market for these higher-end amateur / hobbyist type photographers. The category being slaughtered now by smartphones is (obviously) the compact digital. Flickr's not going to be able to compete at this point with the general social media photography. Why not focus on a market they once had a good handle on and probably isn't going away anytime soon?