[rollei_list] Camera Sales Trends FM3a Hasselblad etc
- From: mak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:07:31 -0700 (PDT)
Obviously the world went digital... at Destination Imagination at Oregon State
University last Saturday and at the Woodburn Tulip Festival on Sunday out of
perhaps 500 cameras between the two events I saw only the following film
cameras...two Rebels, a Minolta XG-(M?), 500 CM Hasselblad kit, an elderly
gent with an Exakta and Macro Kilar, and a couple disposeables...
EVERYTHING else was digital.
I was surprised at the percentage of digtal SLRs (psycho/demographics would
suggest that involved parents and a 100 acres of tulips might skew to SLR
shooters)...vs PS cameras
SLRs split about 60% Canon 35% Nikon and a odd *ist-evolt-konolta...
Even kids had digicams.
Which brings up the question...
Has the floor fallen out from under film (I was able to purchase private label
35mm C41 ISO 200 date July 2005 for 7.5 CENTS per roll -I was thrilled as
Willowbrook Art Program uses 2x-3x that per year- and 300 rolls of assorted
120/220 for $125...)
With perhaps 100 million film SLRs out there is there a future for them or they
quickly headed to Thrift Store 4.99 status to rest in cases next to Argus C3s
and 8mm movie cameras?
CAN any camera company larger than Wisner and smaller than Nikon or Canon
survive?
Looks like Pentax has billions of "demo" P/S 35mm cameras as every shop around
has a huge stack at $9-49.
What will happen to independent repair shops?
How long will Leica/Rollei/Hasselblad et al stagger on?
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