The Samsung scenario - ponderings and/or recommendations

Kisaha wrote:

It is somehow counterproductive to continue this conversation 3 years later, but how I see it, is if people are NOT going to take pictures in 3 years time? or NOT using tablets? In my opinion laptops are almost obsolete, and somehow a specialized item. I have a PC that I do my video/photo editing and a small phablet that I use like a tablet and phone.

That an industry is loosing in numbers, it doesn't mean that it will cease to exist. Because all the industry is going down, do you propose to stop producing cameras? Seriously, I don't get your mindset.

I'm not sure what mindset you are referring to, or even whether you are responding to me. But anyway my original point was basically that the digital interchangeable lens camera landscape is now very different to what it was when Samsung entered it.  Presumably they thought they could make a go of it but perhaps, even with their smart phone business expertise, failed to foresee the effect of that on the camera market and the downturn in the camera business.

The main purpose of most businesses is to make profit.  If Samsung feel they can't do that in the camera business who are we to argue that they should remain in this business.  The numbers either make sense to them, or they don't.

Samsung is doing a mistake quiting, now that it seemed that it started to exist. It is a long war, but in the end, is much more serious than phones, because phone manufacturers are, truly, unlimited, with very competitive prices, but system camera makers are not, a nd Samsung could had transform to the new Sony (phone cameras to cine cameras), but anyway, I am not taking the decisions. A cine camera can generate the profit of, maybe 100-1000 mobile phones (depending what cine camera, and what phones) and then this cine camera needs professional (or semi-pro) accessories, lenses, adapters, and phones need, maybe, a battery and/or a case.

Obviously, Samsung is going to put more effort in the phone/tablet (don't forget the Note is phone/tablet and goes considerably well), but the battle for the photo/video industry is not a small think. Obviously, Samsung is not going to quit the photo/video segment, because it is a HUGE part of their phone business, that doesn't mean that they will produce stand alone cameras, the market goes to a camera phone and full frame cameras, I see the APS-C as the sweat spot for me, but it's just me, and then if you want to go full frame, why not Medium Format (that's another conversation though), and then again, the current NX line (except some omission in specific lenses) are good to go for 1-2 years at the top of the crop, and then, who knows, maybe Samsung will produce another camera or do whatever, even Sony or Nikon can go bankrupt or whatever, I mean, we can not see into the future.

I remember reading that in the future, Canon/Nikon/Sony, and eventually, maybe only Sony, will stay in the business. It is possible, but as I am a multi-whatever kind of guy, I would like to see more brands stay in business, it's good for the consumer, and good for the technical advancement.

I too would like to see brands stay in the camera business.  And I suspect if you were to ask executives from Canon and Nikon they would say the same thing for the simple reason that more activity from many directions makes the whole business more healthy.  And better for everybody.