The cinema5D Virtual Show is a great occasion to discuss with colleagues such as Barney Britton, senior editor at DPReview. During this conversation, we discussed camera manufacturers, the state of our industry, and freelance photographers/filmmakers. Image credit: Barney Britton DPReview and Barney Britton Barney Britton has been in the camera industry for nearly 15 years. He started his career as a journalist for magazines in the UK before starting to work for DPReview. DPReview is one of the oldest and established camera review websites on the Internet. Indeed, they started their journey back in 1998, doing in-depth camera reviews. In 2007, Amazon acquired DPReview. In 2010, Barney Britton and the entire DPReview staff moved to Seattle in the US. Nowadays, our colleagues at DPReview don’t only do in-depth camera reviews but news and stories around the photo and video industries in general. Image credit: Statista Camera Industry – 87% Drop in Sales in a Decade The past few years have been difficult for every camera manufacturers. The compact camera market, for example, is not what it was back in 2007/2008. Indeed, in just a decade, camera sales dropped by a whopping 87%. How can we explain that drop in sales? There are a couple of reasons; cameras are getting better and better every year (more reliable and last longer), and on top, smartphones are becoming a legitimate tool for taking high quality pictures and videos. Lots of R&D is invested in developing the camera side of smartphones. Recently, we have...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 14 May, 2020