This phenomenon, some people say that the spirit of the centuries-old store, some say that the importance of intellectual property rights, some say that the marketing ability, these statements, still can not explain the digital camera industry in the same in Europe and the United States the reality of the demise of the camera. Because fundamentally, this is the problem of industrial structure.
This involves the financial support invested behind the scenes, technical reserves, the quality of talent and economic model.
Digital camera industry, first of all, there is a strong capital support, Sony's imaging sector, long-term huge losses, digital ten years can be smashed into tens of billions of dollars, there are certainly other factors, but it also shows that the digital industry on the dependence of capital. Back then, it is said that the semiconductor is tripping body, from the United States, below Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD and Motorola and other companies in the semiconductor business is in jeopardy, Asia's Taiwan region, Singapore and other places are seeking to mount wafer fabs, but also most of the fall on the road, but by the Batumi intervention, China is not even tripped up by the opportunity to fall.
Japan's post-war economic take-off, Japan got a lot of technology, training a large number of talents, but also accepted the transfer of industries in Europe and the United States. The quality of these skilled workers and the army of civilian laborers is incomparable, and the treatment is also a world of difference. It is accurate to say that the basic education is higher than the third world, and the income and welfare level is lower than that of Europe and the United States.
Digital camera industry is not simply a screwdriver or a soldering iron electronic processing industry, there may be a part of the processing foundry has been all over the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Suzhou factories, but the core is still in Japan. I remember reading an introduction to lens processing, high-quality lens blanks, before the final grinding, to be static annealed to eliminate stress for several months or even a year. The thickness of the capital in between, the technical content and industrial base reserves are not available to us.
Japan has only gained such a survival mezzanine by being so thick and thin, and by taking over the industrial transfer from Europe and the United States.
Even if this situation occurs, there is no need to worry, the Japanese always have to work to create wealth to survive in the international community. Can not produce digital SLR, the Americans do not care, the British do not care, the Chinese than they have to care a little, but the opportunity for development has not arrived, now advocating supply-side reform, will increase the opportunity for some industries to become world-class leadership industry.
But digital SLR may not be able to squeeze on this train.
Because first of all this is a narrow channel, the Japanese brand itself is walking a tightrope, once rushed into the new raw power, it is likely to completely overthrow the plate, the digital camera field has always been a call for reform, but Canon, Nikon want to reform the existing products are full of concerns.
Secondly, in this narrow circle, the rank has been solidified, layers of patented technology and high-precision processing equipment to form a towering threshold, restricting the later, only in a completely new field, the emerging countries will have the advantage of latecomers, re-establishing the standard. In blunt terms, it is not certain whether there will be digital cameras in the future.