iPhone vs Camera: No Contest – On my Om
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What Jamie wrote
When I bought my Canon EOS R I belabored it a long time. What Malik is commenting on regarding stand-alone cameras is absolutely true. That entire category of product is being decimated by the amazing photography we can all do with our phones. The graphs here show how big of a change it has been. 90% drop in unit sales in 10 years.
The computational photography on a phone is better than the majority of those stand-alone cameras. But, when I pick up my Canon EOS R, and put a 200mm lens on it, I’m reminded of the amazing photographs that you can take with pro gear. Of course it also weighs over 3 pounds and decidedly will not fit in my pocket. The trouble is that the industry needed those cheap digital camera sales to make the high-end of the market work. Sounds an awful light like news doesn't it? The classified ads for the garage sale are what funded high quality journalism. As markets evolve, we learn that certain components of markets have never been able to stand on their own P&L.
The net is professional cameras will cost more, and likely have less innovation. And that is likely going to bump high-end amateurs out. Which is a bummer.