The argument is camera makers are dead, yet they made more money, and sold less hardware from 2022 to 2023.
Doesn't that fly in the face of the premise?
The consumer angle for most camera manufacturers is the icing on the cake. Most funding/research/sales comes from science, military and space...
Canon, Sony et al - aren't competing with phone cameras. They're complimentary. The rate and rise of cameras and lenses and devices 'seeing' the world will forever increase. The only thing dead will be us.
Doesn't that fly in the face of the premise?
The consumer angle for most camera manufacturers is the icing on the cake. Most funding/research/sales comes from science, military and space...
Canon, Sony et al - aren't competing with phone cameras. They're complimentary. The rate and rise of cameras and lenses and devices 'seeing' the world will forever increase. The only thing dead will be us.