We know that nowadays the cell phone photo function is more and more powerful, people take pictures will take out their own cell phone to shoot, very few people use a special digital camera to take pictures, so some people think that the digital camera will be replaced by the cell phone, so how high is the possibility of this?
In fact, in recent years, the digital camera market has been in a downturn, and the Japanese digital camera industry, for example, has shown that sales of digital cameras have been declining for six consecutive years, and the entire digital camera market has been shrinking, with signs that the digital camera is about to fall into a sunset industry.
However, experts say that digital cameras will not be eliminated by cell phones, because the current cell phone camera function can not reach the level of digital cameras, and in many film and television dramas in the shooting of the need for professional camera equipment, just a cell phone can not be done to achieve such a professional point.
In addition, we also know that the current cell phone camera function is still some limitations, such as not waterproof, not anti-shake, etc., only a professional digital camera can do anti-shake waterproof.
Overall, digital cameras still have a very high utility value, and will not be eliminated by cell phones for a while, but if the digital camera has not upgraded its technology, it is only a matter of time before it is eliminated by cell phones. That said, do you think digital cameras will be eliminated by cell phones? Why?
I'm glad to answer this very interesting question, from the following aspects, cell phone manufacturers will not produce cameras
Today's cell phones are mainly communication tools, network terminals, a life attributes of the stronger products. With the development of the times and technology, cell phones from the form and function has a huge change, and since the first Toshiba cell phone carrying the photography function of the indiscriminate, photography as an important pole of the cell phone has come to today's status.
The case of cameras is relatively simple. In the 180 years since the birth of photography, the form, material, and technological content of cameras have advanced dramatically, but the core attributes and functionality have not deviated too much from the essence of photography, which basically revolves around the production of photographs as the main theme, or the acquisition of higher-quality photographs. So we didn't see the possibility of a music-playing feature developing on the camera.
We're not singling out the level of tech in chips and certain core components in cell phones, but just the fact that most of today's cell phone companies are actually kind of integrated processors, and Apple's phones don't even have to build their own factories, they just outsource them. The lenses and imaging-related parts for cell phone cameras are supplied by Samsung in South Korea.
And the camera is a completely different story. Today, there are only a handful of companies that can independently develop and manufacture imaging systems. Why? Because the camera is something that involves optics, chemistry, machinery, precision instruments, electronics, engineering and other very complex disciplinary systems, is a technology-intensive type of industry, should be considered the crown jewels of industry, want to build on such a field, years of technological investment and the accumulation of capital to become a very high barriers in this industry.
But from an economic point of view, due to the small demand for professional cameras, not just consumer goods, and with the development of cell phone photography technology, the overall trend of further miniaturization, which will inevitably make the camera's R & D and input costs to further increase the sales price is becoming more and more expensive, the more the more difficult situation to sell.
So, from the economic attributes, high investment in research and development of cameras to produce cameras is not necessarily a good business.
In fact, our country itself is fully capable of manufacturing core components with very good imaging quality and precision, and we actually have a lot of filming equipment in our manned space program.
However, the imaging technology, the principle of the camera, is completely different from the civilian digital cameras or high-end digital devices on the market. It involves camera digital technology, lens imaging technology, materials engineering, information engineering, software engineering, ergonomics, and the psychology and practical needs of the consumer market and the customer base, and so on, in order to have the different types of cameras we can choose from and the prices we can pay for them.
This is another huge investment, and the majority of companies that have built and sustained a business in this area are Japanese, with a few German and European companies. Imagine German and Swiss companies producing some of the world's most expensive photographic equipment and precision instruments. Do you think of Swiss watches? The best craftsmen produce the best movements and watches.
Because the quality of cell phone photography is getting higher and higher, it has largely met the consumption and demand of the average person for actual photographic images. Cell phones are connected to the Internet, a large number of images have actually been Internetized, the general terminal on the image information clear viewing actually only need one or two hundred KB size, cell phones can fully meet the photographic needs.
This further compressed the consumer space of professional cameras. Camera manufacturers towards more professional needs of the field and the needs of personnel close to the price of photography equipment and professionalism is more powerful, the use of the scene more narrow. There are also a lot of imaging equipment manufacturers have actually long entered the professional production and manufacturing of film and television level equipment, many optical companies to produce lenses are actually most of the companies in the production of medical equipment or other industrial areas of the equipment and facilities, which is even more unrelated to the average consumer.
In a nutshell, with the advancement of the Internet and technology, the photographic capabilities of cell phones will become more and more powerful and more adaptable to the needs of consumers, while the camera is actually further enhancing the quality of all aspects of the quality and technological content, the consumer population will become more and more precise. Cell phone manufacturers are also not able to go to the production of cameras.
This is like, the development of the Internet has brought the development of e-books and e-reading devices, cell phones are also able to read books and newspapers and magazines such a function, and we can not feel that such a situation will make the Lei Jun's millet company to do a publishing house, printing a set of Guinness World Records.
The next step in the process is the next step in the process.
Cell phone photography and cameras are two entirely different fields, not to be confused with each other. The camera is a set of optical, mechanical and electrical in one of the high-precision instruments, cell phone photography is its incidental functions, and the micro lens and cmos used to rely on Germany and Japan to provide, never who want to do can do things. Germany in the high-end camera manufacturing capacity is very strong, but in the popular SLR and other areas can not compete with Japan. China's cell phone manufacturers in this area to invest, it is estimated that within ten years are difficult to have the benefit, who is willing to let a lot of investment in the water?
Each has its own advantages! No one can replace anyone!
Cell phones are closely related to people's lives, cell phone sales, digital cameras are only a few people's occupational needs or hobbies. Cell phones can replace digital cameras, digital cameras can not replace the existence of cell phones.
On this issue, let me say my perception!
I myself is also considered a photography enthusiast, buy have Nikon 5300 semi-format camera. I'll start with the pros and cons of cell phones and cameras, and then you'll understand why cell phone manufacturers don't make cameras.
Cell phones :
Advantages
2. High frequency of use! The cell phone's small size and large screen, easy to carry, that is, shoot and transmit, almost become our second brain, with us inseparable!
Disadvantages
1. The sensor (CCD or CMOS) is very small! Due to limited design space, the size of the sensor of the cell phone camera is the size of our fingernail cap is already very good (most low-end machines are not even the size of the fingernail cap). As the saying goes, the bottom is bigger than the bottom, and this is the camera