Did American buying patterns hurt the camera business?

In article , Rich
A says...

According to this story, Olympus turned a profit thanks to mirrorless sales in Japan and Europe. Not the U.S. whose buyers have stubbornly stuck to DSLR's primarily. As a result, the camera market has eroded in favour of cellphones. If Americans had adopted mirrorless cameras like Japan and Europe have, would fewer people have migrated to cellphones exclusively?

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk...o-profit-70104

Why are Americans less interested in mirrorless cameras?
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Alfred Molon

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On 13/02/2016 16:40, Rich A wrote:
On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 6:54:44 PM UTC-5, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , Rich
A says...

According to this story, Olympus turned a profit thanks to mirrorless sales in Japan and Europe. Not the U.S. whose buyers have stubbornly stuck to DSLR's primarily. As a result, the camera market has eroded in favour of cellphones. If Americans had adopted mirrorless cameras like Japan and Europe have, would fewer people have migrated to cellphones exclusively?

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk...o-profit-70104

Why are Americans less interested in mirrorless cameras?
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Alfred Molon

Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

Conservatism, fear of change, comfort in the known, legitimate reasons to do with camera performance but mostly brand awareness and the the fact neither Canon nor Nikon have seen fit to offer real mirrorless cameras.

IMO probably more to do with relatively high disposable income in the
US, relatively low camera prices, so on average US buyers probably tend
to go for higher-end than in other countries. The higher end of the
market is still mainly DSLRs. Also US cellular network providers
provide low-price deals on locked high-end phones, if you've got a
relatively new phone with replacement supplied on a plan every 12 months
or whatever, having a pocketable camera or compact mirrorless camera is
probably redundant for many folk. Cheap phones actually work pretty
well as phones, for texting/web, but most have crappy cameras.
As for the future, who knows? Nikon and Canon appear to be dedicated to
the DSLR, the new D500 from what I've read seems to be extremely capable
- with much faster AF than D750/810 class cameras. Although not cheap
at US$2k, I expect it will sell extremely well to pros and enthusiasts.
Presumably reflex PDAF will continue to outperform CDAF and on-sensor
PDAF, especially in low-light and for motion tracking.

On 15/02/2016 12:48, Whisky-dave wrote:
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Bigger is best just like with burgers, cars, walk in freezers etc....

Sadly, there is indeed a considerable element of truth in that, although
perhaps not amongst the more educated (or those who have travelled
outside their own state). It's likely true elsewhere too, although
elsewhere can't afford the "bigger". Likely Canon and Nikon advertising
budgets are substantial.

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Cheers,
David
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