{"id":621,"date":"2019-12-07T00:41:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T00:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielparente.net\/en\/2019\/12\/07\/four-reasons-the-camera-market-is-shrinking-that-arent-smartphones\/"},"modified":"2019-12-07T00:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T00:41:28","slug":"four-reasons-the-camera-market-is-shrinking-that-arent-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielparente.net\/en\/2019\/12\/07\/four-reasons-the-camera-market-is-shrinking-that-arent-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Reasons the Camera Market is Shrinking that Aren&#8217;t &#8216;Smartphones&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sales.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vu1UagrnW4g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photographer and <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2019\/08\/12\/telecentric-lens-design-did-nikon-and-canon-follow-micro-four-thirds-lead\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occasional<\/a> PetaPixel guest author <a href=\"https:\/\/robinwong.blogspot.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Robin Wong<\/a> recently published a very interesting take on a question that most people thought was settled: why is the camera market shrinking? While most people would just blame the rise of smartphones and call it a day, Wong shares a more nuanced, and possibly more accurate, list of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, Wong isn\u2019t arguing that the rise of smartphones with great cameras hasn\u2019t had an impact on the imaging industry. That\u2019s undeniable. But in this video and <a href=\"https:\/\/robinwong.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/real-reasons-why-camera-market-is.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">the accompanying blog post<\/a>, he breaks down four <em>other<\/em> reasons that he believes are just as valid, if not more so. <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever had this conversation with a fellow photographer, you may have touched on a couple of Wong\u2019s reasons yourself. Summed up, they would be: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cameras reached a plateau of \u201csufficiency\u201d several years go.<\/strong> Almost any camera released in the last 5 or so years is more-than-good-enough to capture almost any subject, and do it extremely well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interest in photography is waning.<\/strong> There was a time when peer pressure and curiosity had everyone out buying their first \u201creal\u201d camera, but almost anyone who wanted to try photography now has, and most of those people won\u2019t feel the need to buy another camera for a very long time (if ever) because they\u2019re not actually interested in photography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social media changed the landscape of photography.<\/strong> By elevating self-documentation into the main photographic \u201cart form,\u201d social media made proper cameras less necessary for the kinds of photos that most consumers want to take. As Wong puts it, \u201cYou don\u2019t need 61MP for your selfie photographs, you don\u2019t need ISO100,000 to shoot that slice of cake, and you certainly don\u2019t need a super-telephoto lens to shoot your cat licking her paws.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photography is stagnant.<\/strong> In Wong\u2019s view, the vast majority of modern-day photographers are doing what is safe and known instead of breaking new ground. In what is probably the most controversial point of the whole video, he says, \u201cI don\u2019t see anything truly thought provoking and revolutionary from the work of today\u2019s photographers.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So\u2026 what\u2019s the solution? There\u2019s not much individuals can do to help \u201csave\u201d the market, but Wong encourages photographers to continue working on their craft in an attempt to make photography fresh and interesting and inspiring to the rest of the world once more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImprove ourselves, be better photographers, be true to ourselves, then we can be the inspiration for others to follow,\u201d concludes Wong. \u201cI am sure together, we can bring the joy and true meaning of photography back to this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To dive into each reason above in detail and hear Wong\u2019s concluding call-to-action for yourself, check out the full video up top or read the accompanying blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/robinwong.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/real-reasons-why-camera-market-is.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\tjs.async=true;\t\n  js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=207578995971836\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2019\/12\/06\/the-real-reasons-the-camera-market-is-shrinking-hint-its-not-smartphones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Photographer and occasional PetaPixel guest author Robin Wong recently published a very interesting take on a question that most people thought was settled: why is the camera market shrinking? 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