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Let's be honest - people such as Mr. Maeda are part of the problem. He thinks that performance is everything and ignores all other dimensions.

When was the last time we were thrilled by something that came from the traditional camera industry ?

To be honest - even mirrorless isn't really an innovation (think of Leica M - introduced 80 years ago). 

All other dimensions, like best lens line up? or what? The mirrorless market still is small, and mostly (not totally) for non-serious customers, who buy 1 or 2 lenses. So what exactly is he ignoring? Only Sony makes "DSLR" (SLT) and MILC, the other main MILC manufacturers do it as a last ditch attempt to stay in the camera business, without making profits for now. The American and European economies still have not recovered, which keeps on hitting the serious camera segment. Phones have hit the compact camera segment hard. Another point to consider, maybe, is that the big market leader Canon has not updated the line up for while now, which will hit the upgrade sales cycle. With the new 750/760D, the 5Ds and 5Ds R coming, the 7D mk II, a coming 5D mk IV and possibly updates to the 6D and 100D, an impact will be seen on sales figures.

 

Interpreting badly made sales data graphs keeps on being an issue, it seems. 

 

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