<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>nl</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s weird for a &amp;quot;changing fortunes&amp;quot; article to only just mention Sony whose rise with their mirrorless cameras has been a huge success.&lt;p&gt;Also it doesn&amp;#x27;t really explain why Canon is a &amp;quot;juggernauts&amp;quot; while Nikon has struggled. From a mildly interested observer, the Nikon and Canon DSLRs seems roughly comparable and Canon only has a slight lead in mirrorless (vs Nikon). What made Canon successful but not Nikon?</text></comment>