dolina
29-12-2020, 1:32am
https://www.dpreview.com/news/5597577347/cipa-s-october-report-shows-camera-market-has-mostly-recovered-from-its-covid-19-downturn
And I personally expect November-December 2020 to not ship more than 2 million digital still cameras (DSC).
A grand total of less than 9 million DSC shipped globally for 2020.
This would be the worst year since the all time high of 121 million back in 2010 ('https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/335238')
Will it settle back again at about 1999's 5.06 million? ('https://www.statista.com/statistics/264336/world-production-of-digital-cameras-since-1999/')
In 2019 the global shipment of DSC was 15.2 million ('http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/d-2019_e.pdf') vs 1.52 billion ('https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-01-28-gartner-says-worldwide-smartphone-sales-will-grow-3--') of smartphones.
That's a ratio of 1 DSC to 100 smartphones.
Camera makers are now focusing on camera features iPhones and Androids will have difficulty replicating due to their limited size. Though these "advantages" may not last long due to computational photography ('https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9828658229/computational-photography-part-i-what-is-computational-photography'). The features are
Larger image sensors that allow for higher ISO and dynamic range
Super zooms that allow 35mm equivalent optical zooms of 20mm to 3,000mm
Better water resistance or ruggedness
Built-in photo paper printing
Even with the limited dimensions of a conventional smartphone R&D money from over billions of smartphones sold annually allowed for creation of
Larger image sensor: iPhone ('https://petapixel.com/2020/10/13/iphone-12-pro-max-gets-larger-sensor-ibis-and-apple-pro-raw/') is now 47% larger than before & Android ('https://www.androidauthority.com/camera-sensor-size-1095299/') made improvements as well
Super zooms: Have been addressed by having more than 1 rear cameras with ultrawide, wide & telephoto zoom ranges
Better water resistance: iPhones 12 now can do IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) ('https://youtu.be/Lv1kofMtpFs?t=604') & Android can do something similar as well
Built-in photo paper printing... smartphone makers are smart enough not to sell to hipsters. :LOL:
And I personally expect November-December 2020 to not ship more than 2 million digital still cameras (DSC).
A grand total of less than 9 million DSC shipped globally for 2020.
This would be the worst year since the all time high of 121 million back in 2010 ('https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/335238')
Will it settle back again at about 1999's 5.06 million? ('https://www.statista.com/statistics/264336/world-production-of-digital-cameras-since-1999/')
In 2019 the global shipment of DSC was 15.2 million ('http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/d-2019_e.pdf') vs 1.52 billion ('https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-01-28-gartner-says-worldwide-smartphone-sales-will-grow-3--') of smartphones.
That's a ratio of 1 DSC to 100 smartphones.
Camera makers are now focusing on camera features iPhones and Androids will have difficulty replicating due to their limited size. Though these "advantages" may not last long due to computational photography ('https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9828658229/computational-photography-part-i-what-is-computational-photography'). The features are
Larger image sensors that allow for higher ISO and dynamic range
Super zooms that allow 35mm equivalent optical zooms of 20mm to 3,000mm
Better water resistance or ruggedness
Built-in photo paper printing
Even with the limited dimensions of a conventional smartphone R&D money from over billions of smartphones sold annually allowed for creation of
Larger image sensor: iPhone ('https://petapixel.com/2020/10/13/iphone-12-pro-max-gets-larger-sensor-ibis-and-apple-pro-raw/') is now 47% larger than before & Android ('https://www.androidauthority.com/camera-sensor-size-1095299/') made improvements as well
Super zooms: Have been addressed by having more than 1 rear cameras with ultrawide, wide & telephoto zoom ranges
Better water resistance: iPhones 12 now can do IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) ('https://youtu.be/Lv1kofMtpFs?t=604') & Android can do something similar as well
Built-in photo paper printing... smartphone makers are smart enough not to sell to hipsters. :LOL: