And maybe even give you free room and board for the holidays.
Aram
From: Philippe
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 12:13 PM
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Thoughts on the camera market...
Nikon and Canon users are waiting for a dull friday special sales so that they
can still use their 2.8 or wider lenses on mirrors
Olympus is in a rut - the last body offered ridiculous sensor acreage in a body
that weighs more and is bulkier than any OVF pro camera.
As to fuji, I own a few, but I sense that if they have a future, I mean fuji,
not my bodies, it might be with the GF series, my next if ever btw
Some years ago, I used to buy a new to me camera evey other year. Made sense,
and helped the trade.
These days, I tend to steal cameras yearly. This helps insurance companies do
their job, allows the former owners to upgrade, and the global vending machine
to operate. It might also provide work for the police forces, should they read
me now, and understand English ;-)
Amities
Philippe in jest
Le 22 nov. 2019 à 20:30, Aram <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
Remember back in the 70's when there were many brands of SLR? Most are gone
now, and some have lost their identity by being gobbled up and exist in name
but not in their original identity. I had always coveted a Topcon Super D.
Gone. I had an Edixa for my first camera. Gone. I moved to Rolleiflex in
the form of the SL-35. Shot with two of them for maybe 30 years and just
wore them out. Gone, except the name lingers under new ownership(s). The
list can go on for pages. Nice cameras that did not make it.
There are not too many more left for a real shakeup. The last few years,
when I am traveling about, I take sort of informal inventory of the cameras
I see. For a while, Canon was king, but starting maybe 3-4 years ago, I
started to see a rise in Nikon. Now, I am talking SLR type cameras as they
are the only ones I can recognize on sight. The last few years well over
half the cameras I see are Nikon. Canon is in there still, and I do see a
few Sony cameras. Once in a while an Olympus or a Fuji. This has surprised
me considering all we hear about the health of Nikon as a company. What has
also surprised me is the lack of mirrorless cameras. I have assumed they
are taking over the world, but not the world that I visit. Sony, yes, but I
saw nothing from Canon or Nikon.
Every year I see a few film cameras and that has seemed to increase. The
film section at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite has increased to show
quite a few different types of film for sale. I also see a Leica or two
(film and digital) and a few medium format Hassys and Fuji digitals.
So, I think a shake up is in store, but I am not sure what it will be. If
Nikon really is selling like hot cakes, then their business model needs to
adjust to what is selling and not what they want to sell. I hope they
survive, as I hope all the present companies will survive. We don't need
less choices. There is no perfect camera, just one that fits your needs
better than others, and with so many different needs, we need choices.
Aram
-----Original Message-----
From: David Young
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 8:09 AM
To: LRFlex
Subject: [LRflex] Thoughts on the camera market...
G'Mornin' everyone!
We hear all the moaning about companies not making any money in cameras
(other than Leica, natch).
But, in my mind, I always thought that the firms had built massively, to
accommodate the boom in digital cameras; but, that somehow, sales - though
far lower than before - were still greater than the film camera days.
Apparently, not so. Checking my own "A Brief History of Photography", I
find that film cameras (all types) peaked in 1996 at 36.7 million units. In
2018, digital camera makers shipped only 19.5 million pieces ... barely over
half of the film camera peak, and it's still dropping.
There is going to have to be a shakeout somewhere along the line.
Either cameras are going to get significantly more expensive (same costs,
lower unit production = either a higher selling price or corporate losses);
something we are already seeing - or some of the smaller, weaker makers will
close up shop.
Personally, I worry about Pentax/Ricoh, whist Tony Northrup worries about
Nikon. ( https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/category/news/ ;)
Others have recently worried about Olympus, but Oly's camera division drives
their medical arm - which dominates the world-wide endoscope market, so for
Oly, losses in cameras are simply a cost of doing business in the very
profitable medical trade.
Just my two cents worth.
David.
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