Nawww, you're missing the market here. 2000-2012ish, Casual Joes and Janes were buying Point and Shoots. Most folks only bought DSLRs if they were actually doi

Nawww, you're missing the market here. 2000-2012ish, Casual Joes and Janes were buying Point and Shoots. Most folks only bought DSLRs if they were actually doing it as a hobby or decided to take Photography as an elective in college. At the time, DSLRs were a worse video experience for casual users, if they supported video at all. Point and Shoots were anything from pocket sized to 'DSLR' sized and typically (but not always) accordingly scaled in relative capability. In any case, Point and shoots are what got killed in the last decade, or rather, got moved to niches. It's still the best option for certain things (e.x. Superzooms like Sony's RX10 IV or Nikon's P1000) Whether DSLRs/MILCs get niched out remains to be seen.