Camera Trends on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

That may be the end of days.....for sure.

Ok, so my observations were delayed as my wife just walked in an talk about stuff for an hour and a half.

So, the data is obviously skewed towards whomever "Flickr" users are and I wouldn't expect it to be exactly proportional to the market. But there are a few things I find interesting:

• First Graph:
  
  • "Obsolete" cameras dominate the first graph. The first "current" camera is the 5DIII. Even in the iPhones, the iPhone 6/6plus is the first "current" (most of 2015) camera.
  • Remove the camera phones, Canon is really well represented in the first graph.
  
  
• Second Graph:
  
  • I actually fall into the "Canon" primary and Apple secondary bracket, although I do not think I've ever posted a photo taken with my iPhone on flickr. I might soon be adding a pocketable compact camera. Leaning toward the G7X but may still go Sony.
  
  
• Third Graph:
  
  • I wish they broke this down by camera type (phone, P&S, dSLR). My guess is that it actually represents P&S cameras being replaced by iPhones.
  
  
• Fourth Graph (to me, the most interesting):
  
  • I mentally divide this graph into two sections. The top that shows P&S's being replaced by phones and the bottom where the "enthusiast" market is essentially the same from 2011 to 2015 where mirrorless has only taken a sliver out of the market. So, dramatic change above (P&S to phones in that market). Almost negligible change in the "enthusiast" market.
  • So, this "mirrorless" revolution that some people keep talking about just has not happened.