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Are smartphones making cameras obsolete?
Yes. The quality of smartphone cameras are quickly improving but so is the quality of DSLR and mirrorless cameras. You might be satisfied with your camera today but in 5-10 years there’s going to be something much better. Manufacturers focus on professional markets.
Is the DSLR dying?
The DSLR is dead. A while back, Canon said they weren’t going to make any new DSLRs or EF Lenses unless there’s a demand. Nikon has dropped most of their DSLR line and is committed to mirrorless. Mirrorless was the future back then, and it’s the standard today.
Are digital cameras dead?
Smartphones really started to explode in usage, and it has fallen basically ever since. In the U.S. alone, sales of digital cameras fell from 15.34 million units in 2013 to just 5.55 million last year. And in market surveys today, less than 1 in 10 American consumers even plan to buy a digital camera.
Are DSLR cameras becoming obsolete because of smartphones?
, Senior web application developer, published author, and some other stuff. If by camera you mean full size DSLR, then yes, they are becoming obsolete, but it is not because of smart-phones. If by camera you mean full size DSLR, then yes, they are becoming obsolete, but it is not because of smart-phones.
Are photographers getting destroyed by the rise of iPhones?
“Photographers are getting destroyed by the rise of iPhones. The photographers who used to make £1,000 for a weekend taking wedding pictures are the ones facing the squeeze. Increasingly we don’t need photographers – we can do just as well ourselves.” Tourists photographing the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris. Photograph: Imagebroker/Alamy
Are point-and-shoot cameras the cameraphones of today?
Today the chief victims of the cameraphone are makers of point-and-shoot cameras. Only two years ago Annie Leibovitz helped put the nails in the coffin of such middle-market cameras by saying that the iPhone was the “snapshot camera of today”.
Is photography getting destroyed?
“Photography has never been so popular, but it’s getting destroyed. There have never been so many photographs taken, but photography is dying.” I’d asked the 50-year-old, award-winning, London-based Mexican photographer what he thinks is going to happen to the medium after a week in which it has come more unflatteringly into focus than ever before.