<story><title>The changing fortunes of Japanese camera manufacturers</title><url>https://petapixel.com/2022/10/24/the-changing-fortunes-of-japanese-camera-manufacturers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>RayVR</author><text>I forget which photographer&amp;#x2F;camera blogger&amp;#x2F;reviewer wrote this many years ago, but it has stuck with me:
&amp;quot;the best camera is the one you have with you&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;His point being that carrying around a bunch of heavy gear is not pleasant.&lt;p&gt;A lot of camera and lens sales were driven by progress at the margins without any serious benefit to the average user. Until the smartphone. Now, the number of people with surprisingly good cameras which they have with them almost constantly is absolutely astounding.&lt;p&gt;Yes, I can still roughly tell the processed shots from portrait mode on my phone from a much better camera but the differences aren&amp;#x27;t as drastic as you&amp;#x27;d imagine. Most importantly, I have the camera with me.</text></comment>
<story><title>The changing fortunes of Japanese camera manufacturers</title><url>https://petapixel.com/2022/10/24/the-changing-fortunes-of-japanese-camera-manufacturers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ISL</author><text>The article misses that Sony is Minolta, something I, too, didn&amp;#x27;t appreciate for years, as I took a photography hiatus in the 2000s.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lightstalking.com&amp;#x2F;minolta-sony-relationship&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lightstalking.com&amp;#x2F;minolta-sony-relationship&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>