Originally posted by Nicolas06 Ony a few has DSLR or mirrorless and when they have one, this is most often the kit lens. This make most of the sales. Even among DSLRs, I remember reading a stat saying that more than half people would never buy a lens outside the kit lens bundled with the camera...
You were right , but I believe that has changed a lot in the last 5 years.
Originally posted by Nicolas06 Photography forum are for gear heads. Normal people can't justify spending more than $500 for a full camera system, and not more often than every 5-10 years.
The ILC market is not the same now vs what it was 5 years ago.
Ten years ago, a lot of people who could not afford a DSLR were using a compact camera. People who could afford a DSLR were using a DSLR starting with a kit lens and upgrading to a set of lenses.
Five year ago, a lot of people had a DSLR for taking photos, among them were people new to DSLR buying the kit lens only influenced by the good photos they were seeing from the others having a set of interchangeable lenses eventually with primes (thinking... if I buy a DSLR, I'll be able to take photos as good as thos other guy).
Now, the majority of people who were using a DSLR with kit lens only have left it home or sold it and they use their smart phone. And among the "category of people" (not necessarily the same people) who were using still using a camera and a set of lenses, a number of them still use a DSLR with a set of lenses, and the rest switched to mirrorless for the reduced size.
Today, if you take photos only with a smartphone, you are most likely a dropout of the cheapo DSLR bandwagon, or you had a compact camera before, or you are young and your first camera was a phone.
If you take photos with a Fuji X, Sony, or Olympus u43 mirrorless, you are most likely a dropout from Canon ILC who go bored to carry bulky cameras.
If you take photos with a full frame DSLR and ILC, you are most likely someone who don't mind much about camera size and who is passionate enough by photography to have upgraded from an apsc DSLR.
That the way I see pretty much all people around me over the last decade.