Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The rise of the cellphones. When gallerists put iPhone photos on the wall, that's the beginning of the end. On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com > >wrote: > > > Grass Valley, Utah. > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/sp12/mo/grass+valley+merchentile-0451.jpg.html > > > > Maybe they went out of business because, well, they never ripped.... > > > > Planned obsolescence. Maybe with digital, Leica is now in that group. > > > > from a post on Range Finder forum: > > *CIPA: Camera sales numbers* > ------------------------------ > The CIPA, organization of Japanese camera manufacturers, has recently > published sales data for digital cameras for the last 12 months. > Sales fall from 13,57 million cams in Sept. 2011 to only > 7,43 million in Sept. 2012. > A general decrease of almost 50% in only one year. > Digital compact cameras suffered most with a decrease of - 52%. > DSLRs have a decrease of - 9%. > Demand for CSC (mirrorless compact system cams) also decreased. They lost > market share in their major market Japan and got from 46% market share to > now 40% market share. > In USA ,Europe and Asia they have never been so popular like in Japan with > a market share in the 12 (USA) -20% (Asia) range. > http://www.cipa.jp/english/data/dizital.html > > > > > > > > Aram > > > > Aram Langhans > > (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher > > & Unemployed photographer > > > > "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin > himself > > would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>