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The whole home appliance business is now owned by Bosch (it used to be a joint-venture between those two companies previously). Consumer electronics so, everyt
by hef19898 4y ago
The whole home appliance business is now owned by Bosch (it used to be a joint-venture between those two companies previously).
Consumer electronics so, everything from cameras to radios and TVs, was eaten in the 80s by Japanese companies. Then Korean companies stepped in, with actual manufacturing being outsourced across East Asia, from China and Taiwan to Vietnam and Thailand, and everyone between, left and right. Now Chinese companies entered the market not just as suppliers, but as actual brands, e.g. Huawei.
- varjag 4y agoGerman Leica is still one of the few remaining digital camera manufacturers (and now world's largest film camera manufacturer).
- hef19898 4y agoFew digital camera manufacturers? Besides Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Sony, Panasonic and virtually every smartphone manufacturer in the world? Leica glass is top notch, the real Leica glass, not the branded smartphone crap lenses. And Leicas are, and always have been, incredibly over priced for what they are, a little bit like Apple and Tesla. They are great cameras to use so, I had one for a project 20 years (too scared to actually count) ago. Great camera, even greater lenses. But now way near as much better as Canon or Nikon as the price would suggest.
- varjag 4y agoIt's strange you didn't mention Konica, Pentax, Minolta, Olympus, Hasselblad oh right that's because they are dead or a virtual brand only. And the rest are pale shadows of themselves 10 years ago. The market is dead, dedicated digital cameras are at these point feel more obsolete than film.
- hef19898 4y agoCome again? Hasselblad still is, and always has been, a photographers dream. A niche product, desired and out of reach for most. That didn't change. Olympus is one of the current mirrorless brands, an isn't doing to bad, at least their cameras seem to be good from what I hear. The entry level and point-and-shoot camera market is more or less dead so. That segment was completely taken over by smartphones, for valid reasons.
- antiterra 4y agoHasselblad’s current digital offering is only really interesting in the commercial space where you only really need one if you’re getting paid enough to rent one on the first place. Plenty of alternatives exist as well when it comes to digital backs. The old film cameras are of niche interest, but Hassleblad isn’t making money off that.
- hef19898 4y agoWith medium format like Hasselblad, the back are anyway seperate from the body. Hasselblads are great cameras, Leicas as well. Objects of desire both. I did some middleformat work as a teenager, not with Hasselblad so. But this whole looking down into the view finder to see a mirrored picture makes you think a lot more about composition and so on. I liked it, but film is just to much work for me at the moment. And digital backs for medium format way too expensive. I loved medium format in black and white so. Damn, now I have to find time to go through my dad's archive with him!
- antiterra 4y agoLeica is doing interesting things with prosumer digital too, though. The rangefinder ergonomics of the Leica Q allow for completely different use cases and feel even though it is hilariously overpriced compared to a competing Sony fixed-lens (RX1R or something like that.) Last I looked, it was at least a $1000 differential and the Sony beat the Leica handily on features and potential quality. I’d still never trade my Q for one.
- zirgs 4y agoMinolta didn't die - they sold their camera business to SONY. SONY still makes cameras.
- actionfromafar 4y agoMinolta cameras almost changed names to Sony cameras, one can say.