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now phones starting to come out with dual lenses for better zooming i can see the end for cameras like these.
Did you hear that Huawei P9 has Leica camera?
now phones starting to come out with dual lenses for better zooming i can see the end for cameras like these.
I'm guessing one of those dual-lens phones you speak of will not reach under $100 (without contract) in the next 10 years or so.
(let alone offer increments of zoom in between wide-angle and 3x)
dude the low end point and shoot markets been in freefall for over 2 years now hense why all these are on sale everywhere and why you get peanuts for them on ebay, dicksmith had boxes full of them. they are this generatios vhs players. unless you are one of those people who like to carry around a seperate camera,video camera, phone,mp3 ,video player, portable games console on you every where you go.. the average cost of an android phone is about $200 which is what a phone with dual lenses will easily cost in a couple of years time.
low-end point-and-shoot is in freefall, agreed. But point-and-shots are often still useful and often still come costing far less than a kitted-out phone. And still do things a phone often can't when it comes to photos
Often cameras come with smaller screens (not nice) and other not nice things, but they still do some things better so I don't see why they should be extinct yet. In other words, I wouldn't record once-in-a-lifetime things on a phone, typically.
@cheepwun: phones have more features apps that's instantly edit your image , have a front facing cameras for selfies , connected to the Internet so can share, Instagram , tweet, Facebook or whatever instantly which is what 90% of the worlds pictures are used for now. In good light you can't really tell much difference you don't take a camera everywhere you go but you do a phone so more likely to capture good pictures. not to mention a lot of them shoot 4K video now. Some are even waterproof now, the only thing they lacked was a zoom that is now changing they are dead in the water.
Some are even waterproof now, the only thing they lacked was a zoom that is now changing they are dead in the water.
depends on your definition of dead. Things still sell according to price and capability. I would not be using my phone for a birthday party. All the other casual stuff is often social networking garbage. Phones are great for their larger screens.
Nearly all phones don't come with a xenon flash that can properly freeze a moment without blur in poorer light. Yes they are getting better but so are cameras. And there's still the PRICE to think about too. And the fact that phones are filled to the brim with NSA-infested spyware & cloud garbage while cameras still let you have some semblance of privacy.
I can see why they are selling less but don't see them dying anytime soon.
Thats why phones need higher (true) megapixels - you can crop the photo from a 20 Mpix down to a 5 Mpix for 4x zoom on the result. Nokia had it right with their 41 Mpix Pureview technologies until Microsoft screwed it all up.
Not sure if black camera really big, or red camera really small.