We've drifted off of Moose's main point of what's the next competitive
area for DSLR's to whether there will be many DSLR's at all. I think AG
is correct about history repeating itself. Most of the low-end DSLR's
will ultimately be abandoned in favor of the smaller and handier P&S.
In fact, I think 90% of the P&S market is threatened by 3MP and greater
camera phones.
I think only the higher end of the DSLR market will avoid the carnage here.
Chuck Norcutt
AG Schnozz wrote:
> Moose wrote:
>
>>So where will the next feature battleground be? Well, what are
>>the biggest things wrong with current DSLRs compared to their
>>35mm predecessors? In my book, the big areas are ergonomics
>>and viewfinders.
>
<snip>
>
> The next competitive arena will not deal with intangibles
> (viewfinders and ergonomics), but some other area that can be
> quantified. Cameras are predominantly "consumer electronics".
> It's all about features and glitz. Two years from now our
> cameras will probably have integrated iPODs and XBox gaming.
>
> History will repeat itself. The dRebel crowd will have finished
> off buying their dSLRs and will migrate back down to the much
> handier P&S form factor. eBoy will be riddled with dSLRs for a
> dime a dozen. We may very well be reaching the end of the dSLR
> bubble.
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