3-5 years is not a long time in camera years, but it's a lot of time in electronics years. i would say, since the dawn of the digital camera age, the biggest pushes i've seen are: the megapixel race, high iso race, and i think now, the large sensor small body race (sony's A7, panasonic's LX100, etc etc).
i've seen people talk about how they've sold their full frame gear for fuji x100, or people switching to m4/3rds, or sony full frames. i hope to see the demise of large body dslrs for the consumer level. unfortunately, pentax suffers from the long flange focal distance... personally, i'd like to see a weather sealed k-s1 with better ergnomics. (but really, to each their own)
m4/3 has always been intriguing because it's around the sensor size cut off where i think you see low noise at high iso and can have nice bokeh. (i know, i know, smaller sensor enthusiast can disagree with me.) what i'd like to see is an absolutely stunning, collapsible lens. i'd sell and switch in a heartbeat.
i think the pro level will have larger bodies still. unfortunately, full frame, large body, large lens canikon = pro. and people on this forum can attest to that right?
Originally posted by VisualDarkness I would say that the biggest question mark is Samsung, they are a powerhouse but still the camera section lags behind the rest of the company. They got the tools to become a powerhouse also in photography but the question is if they can put them together? If they do, watch out.
i like that VisualDarkness brought up Samsung, because they are very new to the game. and some of their features are awesome, like touchscreen, tap to focus, wifi, etc (i don't know if they are the first to bring these, but the first i experienced these features were on a samsung). but as a company, they are always missing a little something to push them over the edge to global domination. they might benefit from a partnership, but who else is left from the traditional camera world? another partnership with pentax perhaps?
Originally posted by dakight It's only a matter of time until someone marries the smartphone technology with an advanced digital camera body, be it mirrorless or SLR. It's short sighted beyond words that location tracking, wireless communication and comprehensive remote control and management are not part of an advanced camera design and I believe that it will happen, sooner rather than later.
tethering to a smartphone is an interesting take on it. sony has had the qx10/qx100 for some time and olympus has a prototype module that uses m4/3rds. maybe in 10 years, we'll see a lytro on a smartphone... that'd be interesting. i'd rather the best features of a camera get smaller and more convenient, than the camera get more features. but... i'm being hypocritical because wifi remote and viewfinder is pretty cool.
Originally posted by monochrome MarketWatch GoPro Financials.
GoPro Debt/Equity Ratio is 0.87 (Debt / Total Capital = .62). Technically, GoPro is nearly insolvent NOW. But that doesn't really matter so long as they continue to grow 45% per year - lenders lent on equity projections three years out. The Current Ratios are what trouble me - and the 236 P/E Ratio.
If interest rates rise dramatically, though, warm up the toaster oven. If there is global consumer recession - uh oh. If consumer tastes shift from Xtreme Sports (today's users age into middle class family time) - Hello Go
RicohPro.
remember the flip video camera? arguably the company that brought back home video recording to the masses in a easy way. it was bought by cisco (i think) and just fizzled. i could see that happening to GoPro. a company that created a market for itself, then disappears... ???