The news from Photokina in Germany is all about consumer and "prosumer" digital cameras, with no announcements from Nikon or Canon about anything for the pro market. As camera manufacturers continue to flood the market with high end consumer cameras, it makes you wonder if they are not shooting themselves in the foot. Many of the buyers of these cameras are the amateurs who upload anything and everything to microstock sites. They are not looking for income from their photography, they are looking for recognition, they want to see their photos online, maybe make $.50 from the sale of a picture. They are killing the stock photo market for the rest of us.
Are camera manufacturers contributing to lower stock sales with these products? Yes. Is it to their long-term benefit to continue to produce and market these products? My opinion is NO. What is yours?
