Chris 222 wrote:
Swerky wrote:
KEG wrote:
I feel we are on the verge of the resurgence of the digital camera.
Just look around, you have people buying LPs and turn tables, CDs and CD players, film cameras and I have even heard that VHS has dedicated followers.
So it is kind of logical that the next thing that people want to buy is the simple and user-friendly digital compact camera.
In the case you presented it is about using existing products and technology. But with cameras, companies can't just keep releasing the same stuff they have been manufacturing so far. They need to introduce new tech.
Nah, they just need to implement some small but important upgrades (the types enthusiasts like us have been asking for years, and contrary to forums lore, most of those cost little to nothing in R&D) and then, simply slap on the latest marketing BS just like phone makers do: AI, HDDDDDDR, 3D, 4D, 5D, 5G, and my favorite, the entirely idiotic "computational" label.
And that means more expensive.
Nope.
Doesn't really go with smaller sensor cameras that are supposed to be affordable. The last 1" sensor compacts have been released in 2019 by both Canon and Sony. How much can they improve on those to validate further releases and see demand?
You'd be surprised. I was talking not long ago with an old friend who works in sensors development, and he told me that they can make pretty much anything that's desired, and at excellent price points. The problem here is with cam companies that are simply too shy and stuck in their old ways.
Most importantly, manufacturers will stretch those technological evolutions over time as much as they can to maximise profits. And laziness could be part of it as well.
Just like the first iPhone released with no 3G, no camera autofocus and many features missing in OS while those were present elsewhere. But Apple could do that because it had revolutionised the touchscreen experience at the time and it could afford to offer those features in subsequent models as updates.
Anyhow, I often agree with your posts but here I would have to agree with KEG. Heck, it's not an accident if more and more younsters with the latest slabs from Apple and Google beg me to try my cams!