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OT -- The death of point-and shoots?
Jeff Brehm, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 12:06 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> I don't want a phone with camera capabilities, I want a camera with phone capabilities.
--Mark |
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Bradley Leeb, Photographer
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Champaign | IL | USA | Posted: 12:19 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> Mark,
Check out the Sony Ericsson c905a. It's an 8.1 mp Cybershot camera that is also a phone. I got it because I didn't own a point and shoot and wished I had one for those random cute moments with my son. It's of course not the best quality in the world, but for those times when I want to take a quick snap shot, it does the job. The video capture isn't too bad either. |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 12:53 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> I think for the average consumer, this may be kind of true, but so far IQ on phones, except sometimes the iPhone, is not as good and P&S.
Plus, pros and prosumers will still want a good, small camera. So I dunno if it is fair to say they're growing obsolete, but maybe changing. |
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Svein Ove Ekornesvaag, Photographer
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Aalesund | Møre og Romsdal | Norway | Posted: 1:26 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> Mark,
I think the same. Why on earth doesn't for ex. Sony, wich also makes telephones, make a P&S camera with telephone? I would for sure buy it. |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Murfreesboro | TN | U.S. | Posted: 1:49 PM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> They need to incorporate wifi into point-and-shoots to allow users to upload pictures directly to the web like phones can. That's why phones are winning -- more people today tend to post photos rather than print them. My cousin recently went on a cruise. Rather than having to wait for pictures, she was uploading pics the entire time. I was able to follow along practically in real time rather than wait for her to get back, download her pictures and then upload them. |
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John Germ, Photographer
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Wadsworth | Oh | USA | Posted: 2:54 PM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> I'm waiting for the inevitable photo (unaltered) showing some person with their cell phone attached to a monopod on the sidelines of a football game. You know it's only a matter of time! |
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Bradley Leeb, Photographer
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Champaign | IL | USA | Posted: 2:58 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> Svein,
Check out the Sony Ericsson c905a. It's an 8.1 mp Cybershot camera that is also a phone. I got it because I didn't own a point and shoot and wished I had one for those random cute moments with my son. It's of course not the best quality in the world, but for those times when I want to take a quick snap shot, it does the job. The video capture isn't too bad either. |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Denver | CO | USA | Posted: 9:51 AM on 12.09.10 |
->> The point and shoot market stays afloat due to consumers, not professionals. Consumers are really liking smart phones, they're fine with the camera capabilities of the new crop of phones, and they love the fact that they can zap a picture to all of their friends pretty much instantly.
I don't think all point and shoot cameras will go away. What will go away are the low-end, slim-style cameras that do not provide obvious benefit over a smart phone. "Higher end" point and shoot cameras that deliver obvious and notable benefits in features (better flash, etc.) will still have a market, but they will compete with the low-end DSLR market.
If a consumer wants to "step up" to something better than their phone but they want to stay below $1,000 in total investment, they'll have a tough choice between a camera like a G12, a bigger-lens-all-in-one hybrid like the SX30, or something like a D60 entry level kit. They won't see the need for a camera like the Powershot SD1300 and the like because their phone is more convenient and just as good. |
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