dolina
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People dont buy cameras like they buy cell phones.
A lot of people look at a dSLR and think "I don't need that, I'm not a professional photographer."
if a camera maker can effectively convince a cell phone user to buy their product...As mentioned, everyone has a cell phone with a camera in it. For the majority of people, their mentality is why would they need more.
A lot of people look at a dSLR and think "I don't need that, I'm not a professional photographer."
On the flipside this means that they still see the DSLR as the superior tool. Most people accept that the big cameras ARE better. None of this arguing about its all the photographer and that; most see the big camera and assume its all round better - and honestly besides size and weight mostly that is true at a purely technical level.
So the DSLR is still the king. However as said the upgrades are getting less and less amazing and honestly the casual market only needs one DSLR every so often because they've got one and they don't need to upgrade it every year.
I also think that we have reached a somewhat saturated point where the market is not only flooded with new stuff but a lot of older generation stuff that is still very good. The 7D is now second hand selling for the price of an entry level new body and honestly the gains in ISO range are small compared to all those features you get in a 7D. Same is true for things like the 5D line.
So there's a lot of produce out there and its hard to keep trying to upsell when its a high end product.
Honestly I share the annoyance that investors require and demand continued revenue increase year on year and I really hope that economic theory changes on that front. It makes company do utterly stupid things for those investors/shareholders that short term boost their profits; but often result in long term instability within the company that often sees their product quality and customer service go down the pan and often the company follows soon after when new-blood pushes into the market to serve the customer rather than the shareholder.
Continued revenue increase just isn't sustainable nor possible.
if a camera maker can effectively convince a cell phone user to buy their product...As mentioned, everyone has a cell phone with a camera in it. For the majority of people, their mentality is why would they need more.