Monday
May172010
civilized ku # 502 ~ hitting the snooze button
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 10:13AM 
Fruit, onion, and cork • click to embiggenI've had this nagging feeling over the last few months that the picture making world has hit a wall of sorts.
It seems that most of the air has gone out of the NYC photo gallery balloon. Photo blogs seem to have gone to sleep or are, at best, struggling to find something of real interest to present / write about. Camera makers have seemingly come to the conclusion (finally) that they have stretched the "new & improved" idea to the breaking point and, consequently, have decided that what still picture makers really want /need is video making goodies stuffed inside their camera bodies.
All of which is starting to put my brain to sleep, picture-making world wise.
Reader Comments (2)
The next step for camera makers to convey the idea of continuing innovation will be to offer 3D visual effects, much the same as TV sets mfgs are doing right now.
Sony will offer this summer a 3D oriented upgrade to their recently announced but still not yet available Nex series cameras.
More reasons to push the snooze button.
Camera makers are trying to satisfy the X-Box, Play Station crowd. IMHO that is where this is going, audience-wise. True generation gap in progress.