Originally posted by mdodrill I don't see the APS market going away.....but it could under a complete realignment of photography in which only expensive FF are owned by pros and those with very deep pockets and every one else uses a phone. I hope it does not come to that; but could be.
Personally, I think small-sensored p&s cams should be phased out in favor of smartphones. I use Nokia, so I can say that, since Nokia's N8 is still several years ahead of everything else, aside from the 808. If by nothing else, brute force in terms of optics and sensor size.
Any advancements to small sensors, like Panasonic's recent one, will only end up making their way into phones because they are driving technology. Just look at the 808 that did what Fuji's small sensor EXR always failed to do by going the opposite way- scaling down from insane numbers of MP, rather than scaling up from a small number.