Point and Shoot Cameras are Basically Dead

[dolina]

https://petapixel.com/2022/08/08/point-and-shoot-cameras-are-basically-dead/



Almost every major camera manufacturer has either openly discontinued its point-and-shoot line of cameras or has not produced a new one in many years...

Click here for the point & shoot cameras released in the last 5 years (https://www.dpreview.com/products/compacts/all?view=grid).

[Tannin]

It's a bit sad really. I seldom use anything other than an SLR, but when I do it is a P&S camera every single time. My little Canon Powershot G9X II is vastly, immeasurably better than any telephone, and that's true regardless of whether we are talking usability, image quality, or noise handling. What's more, I'd be very surprised to discover that the same was not true of good quality P&S cameras from any of the other major makers.

My interest in using a telephone for photography? Flat zero.

[dolina]

Tony, smartphones are getting larger image sensors than years before. They've managed to cram a 1-inch sensor into a Leica smartphone and Sony smartphone


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayaQOBgbbo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNOgsmtdc3k&t

[Toddyh]

That Sony has a 13.2mm x 8.8mm sensor. Gives a diaginal of around 16mm. So between 1/2 and 2/3 of an inch. They call it a 1.0" type sensor. Little bit of propaganda. Dig through all the advertising and it's still a phone with a camera built in not the other way around.

[dolina]

Last 6 years worldwide shipments of digital still cameras.

Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Cameras 24,978,486 19,423,371 15,216,957 8,886,292 8,361,521 Point & Shoot 13,302,797 8,663,574 6,755,467 3,578,643 3,013,250 Total SLR & Mirrorless 11,675,689 10,759,797 8,461,490 5,307,649 5,348,271 SLR 7,595,708 6,620,999 4,504,987 2,374,569 2,241,772 Mirrorless 4,079,981 4,138,798 3,956,503 2,933,080 3,106,499

[ameerat42]

Dolina.
Please provide a link to the source for the info in the table above so that it can be credited.

[dolina]

Dolina.
Please provide a link to the source for the info in the table above so that it can be credited.

https://www.cipa.jp/e/stats/dc.html

[dolina]

Some interesting camera shipment stats

Smartphones vs film & digital still cameras


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXTXOVPrP_E

Digital camers: dSLR vs Mirrorless vs Point & Shoots (no smartphone)

https://i.imgur.com/rSOudXP.png

Digital camers: dSLR vs Mirrorless (no smartphone or point & shoot)

https://i.imgur.com/8T1R2Lv.png

[dolina]

https://petapixel.com/2022/10/26/gen-z-is-bringing-back-digital-cameras-of-the-early-2000s/

[ricktas]

Since 2020 those drops are probably a reflection of the restrictions. No weddings, no travel etc. People will often buy a new camera as an aside to other events in their lives. Our lives have been restrained since 2020 and thus camera sales are down. With the ongoing inflation pressures etc, things are not likely to settle until around 2025. Declining sales, not just cameras, is a reflection of the current economic situation globally.

[Tannin]

Good posts with useful information Dolina. And informative remarks from Ricktas and Toddyh.