Photography Doomed?

Written by Eric on April 17th, 2007 | 0 Comments


This seems like a rather gloomy outlook over at The Digital Journalist:

First, most of the major camera manufacturers that are now associated with still photography will probably be out of business by 2016. Of the majors now selling cameras, I would put my money on only Canon to survive. That is because they have a farsighted video division, which will provide the research and development that will be a key to their survival. Already, Sony is moving to become the number one still-camera company.


Seems like a bit of a stretch to me. You can read the full article here.

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