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Canon boss says smartphones may shrink the digital camera market in 2021.

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Over the last few years, we’ve seen the quality of smartphone cameras continue to rise. Not surprisingly, the worldwide popularity of handsets has affected the digital camera market, and according to the CEO of Canon, the situation is going to get a lot worse over the next couple of years.
What are your thoughts about this?

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true

In reply to Canon boss says smartphones may shrink the digital camera market in 2021.

It’s not really surprise.
It’s already happens.
All you need is good smartphone with 4K camera and couple of service to edit images, and you can be already a good photographer.

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In reply to true

Do you think to sell cameras will be reasonable for good price? At least you will never make such a great photo with smartphone.

not surprising

In reply to Canon boss says smartphones may shrink the digital camera market in 2021.

This is already very noticeable, because it is better to buy a phone with a good camera and install a couple of applications. Why spend more money on the rest of the equipment?

really?

In reply to not surprising

What you recommend to do with camera stuff then? Canon or Nikon are still better quality than any smartphone camera.

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In reply to Canon boss says smartphones may shrink the digital camera market in 2021.

Have you seen the galaxy s 10 or iPhone x. They got such a great camera setup, which make it really possible that it will affect the digital camera market.

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Yes, I saw it. What about audio features? Do they able to make it the same as camera does?

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