{"id":2379,"date":"2013-11-08T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2013-11-08T10:06:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T18:06:42","slug":"sales-of-high-end-dslrs-and-lenses-are-plunging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/2013\/11\/08\/sales-of-high-end-dslrs-and-lenses-are-plunging\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales of high-end DSLRs and lenses are plunging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sales of all cameras are getting killed by smart phones with cameras built in – no one thought this would impact the high end though:<\/p>\n

This year, shipments of whats called “interchangeable-lens cameras”\u2014high-end models that let users swap out different lenses\u2014are diving suddenly after years of robust growth. Most of those are digital single-lens reflex, or DSLR, cameras\u2014the bulky models used by professional photographers and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Research firm IDC expects shipments of such cameras to fall 9.1% to 17.4 million units from 19.1 million units last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via High-End Cameras Fall Prey to Smartphones – WSJ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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