Panasonic, Nikon quit developing low-end compact digital cameras - Nikkei Asia
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/Panasonic-Nikon-quit-developing-low-end-compact-digital-cameras
For a long time the Canon PowerShot G1X was my compact backup of choice when it wasn't feasible to take out a big bodied camera and lens. Now with an iPhone 11 Pro Max and a DJI gimbal it does a better job with many more features - it maybe a pricier way to do things but it adds in having a phone/email/messaging in one place as well.
A friend is a sponsored pro athlete. She was asked to do something for Nikon. She went on the photoshoot and everyone freaked out when they saw her iPhone. Smartphones, they explained, are banned on Nikon photo shoots.
Several years ago, I saw something (a tweet, an IG post) from a pro photographer who said that for the last few years, most of his income had come from photos he had taken with his iPhone.
This was a market that improvements in digital sensors created and that improvement in digital sensors destroyed.
>most of his income had come from photos he had taken with his iPhone.
That's incredible!
Seen demos of the 100x zoom?
S20 Ultra Camera Test ! 100x Zoom Test. #Shorts - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ngfoGE9e2Q
>> That's incredible!
Sales of art prints have plummeted. No money there. Payouts for editorial photos have plummeted. No money there.
Top notch commercial photographers can earn a lot of money on product shoots, hotel interiors, and so forth. A tier down from that are event photographers (i.e. wedding photographers).
But for people who make a living shooting landscapes and "adventure," the path seems to be to have great photos that attract a following, then pimp yourself on Instagram. Those photos are overwhelmingly just phone photos.