(keitai-l) Re: keitais killing digital consumer cameras (Ore more) softly

From: Curt Sampson <cjs_at_cynic.net>
Date: 12/18/03
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.58.0312190627200.5998@angelic-vtfw.cvpn.cynic.net>
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Giovanni Bertani wrote:

>
> - Killing now digital cameras
> Just a a short thought. Keitai camera phones will be by the end of next
> year at 3-4 megapixels and capable of shooting good quality video.
>
> As quality reach the satisfying level for the average consumer
> photographer any higher resolution has less value
>
> By that time the lower end of consumer cameras market will be probably
> killed.

Low-end consumer cameras won't be killed until keitai come with a decent
flash. Current keitai are fairly useless in low-light situations.

cjs
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Received on Thu Dec 18 23:30:57 2003