Originally posted by BigMackCam I guess this was to be expected, given the pandemic... and, since many folks will now be less well off financially, or - at the very least - more cautious about the future, I suspect any potential recovery of the market will take some considerable time
Pretty much.
Even though (knocks on wood), still working here, I'm not running out to spend $1-2k on any camera gear, and with the lack of a strong federal response, some people don't wear masks or do social distancing, COVID will be sticking around for awhile.
It looks like sales plateaued between 2015 and early-mid 2018, and then just started slipping, the pandemic has probably just sped it up; I wonder how bad the bottom will look...digital vs film users can battle it out to whom is more quaint/hipster in the face of smartphones.