Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have noticed at large gatherings (Patriot Prayer Riot - 8-4-2018 PDX) a large number of film cameras high end ie Leica M R and Nikon F Series Canon F-1 probably more than digital But this is Portland Home of Blue Moon Pro Photo and Shadowsmith (Corvallis) > On Feb 11, 2019, at 7:44 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > Although, to be fair, mediocrity is migrating upward, along with > superiority. In the hands of a careful and knowledgeable user, > contemporary cell-phone cameras are quite capable of making very nice > images indeed. And thank God we?ve seen the last of the disposable cameras > littering the landscape. It?s nice that what?s replaced them has superior > capabilities to theirs. > > ?howard > >> On Feb11, 2019, at 2233, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> When I am on a trip I pay attention to the types of cameras people are >> using. This last two trips, Fall and Winter, I was surprised at what I >> saw. Nikon has the lion's share, which is different from previous trips >> where Canon and Nikon were more or less equally represented. But what >> really surprised me was that mirrorless cameras were very rare. I had >> expected from all I read that they are taking over the world. Not so at >> Albuquerque balloon fiesta or Yosemite in October or December. Those >> that I did see were mainly Sony, but I even saw a few Fuji and Olympus. I >> saw quite a few more old film cameras out and about in Yosemite. Pentax >> for the most part and a few Leica. >> >> Overall, not at all what I was expecting. It will be interesting to see >> this Spring if any of the Nikon or Canon mirrorless are to be spotted. Of >> course, the most common was the cell phone. Mediocrity wins all the time. >> >> Aram >> >> On 2/11/2019 6:52 PM, David Young wrote: >>> From today's 43Rumors.com ... >>> >>>> The bottom line is very bad though. We are below 20 million units per >>>> year and mirrorless cameras don't gain as much traction as you might >>>> think (2% increase per year vs. 12% decrease in DSLR). For the first >>>> time, interchangeable lens cameras surpassed the sales of compact >>>> cameras (not surprising, to be honest). If you look at the entire decade >>>> you see an unbelievable drop of 84% from 2010 to 2018 in the number of >>>> cameras sold/made per year. >>> For interest I dug up the numbers for the best year film cameras had. >>> >>> All I had to do was consult my "Brief History of Photography" (cheap >>> plug!) to find that 1997 was the biggest year for film camera >>> production, at 36.7 million units. However, I cannot find a breakdown to >>> P&S vs SLR's for that year. >>> >>> It seems total camera production was insanely boosted by the advent of >>> digita,l as 2010 peaked at 121 million units (including >>> who-knows-how-many P&S cameras). From there, it has dropped to a mere >>> 19 million units in 2018. >>> >>> It's no wonder that cameras are rising in price, as the makers try to >>> concentrate on higher value mirrorless & dSLR models, to keep their >>> income up, as units slide. >>> >>> David. >>> >>> ------ >>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://lrflex.furnfeather.ca/ >>> Archives are at: >>> http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information