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Not sure precisely where you draw the prosumer line, but the article is also comparing the prices on the same models of pro camera over time and still seeing an
by kemayo 5y ago
Not sure precisely where you draw the prosumer line, but the article is also comparing the prices on the same models of pro camera over time and still seeing an upwards trend.
I'd suspect this means that smartphones eating the middle-tier of cameras has had a spillover effect to also hurt the pro/prosumer market. I'd speculate that although even a cheap DSLR is still better than a good smartphone camera, the phones are good enough that the upgrade (and hassle) doesn't appeal to most people. Thus the high end market shrinks despite not being competed with on its own terms.
- Aeolun 5y agoI can confirm that with phone cameras (especially iPhone) where they are now, I feel no need to bring my 8 year old DSLR anywhere any more.
- eloff 5y agoHonestly the weight doesn't appeal to me. I own a lovely DSLR, but I don't take it anywhere because I don't like lugging it around. The smartphone serves most of my needs in a camera. Yeah the photos aren't as good, but they're good enough.
- sdenton4 5y agoI wouldn't be shocked if the wide bottom of the demand pyramid was doing a lot of work to support the tiny, pointy top... Economies of scale on lens and body production. For example, with lenses, you can produce a thousand lenses with somewhat random quality, sell the best ones to the pro market, and then sell the not quite as good ones to the cheaper end of the market. When you take out there low end market, you then need to either produce more consistent high end lenses, or raise prices since the low end market isn't there to buy the lower quality outputs.