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The iPhone has cemented its position as the world’s most popular camera. Picture: Thinkstock.
THE smartphone revolution is killing the camera, with new figures showing how dedicated DSLRs are heading the way of the dodo.
The demise of the camera has reached a new tipping point with a study of more than 120 million photographers showing the camera most people prefer is the iPhone in their pocket.
Photograph sharing site Flickr, which has 122 million users, this week released its annual report that breaks down what cameras people use.
The dedicated camera continues to be on the decline and the iPhone has cemented its claim to be the world’s most popular camera.
The figures show that in the past year there has been a dramatic rise in the number of people who turn to their iPhone when they want to snap a photograph.
Phones are taking over cameras, especially with selfies. Picture: iStockSource:Supplied
This year the top three cameras people use are all iPhones, with the iPhone 6, iPhone 5s and iPhone 6s taking out the top positions.
Flickr says the iPhone takes out eight positions on the top 10 of most popular cameras, with only the Canon 5D Mark II and Mark III the blip in preventing an iPhone top ten clean sweep.
In the past year, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of people who have dumped their “proper†camera for a smartphone.
Although Flickr is a site used by people who see photography as a hobby more than the typical snap happy consumer, now nearly half of the photos shared on Flickr are shot on a smartphone.
Can the humble camera survive against the smartphone? Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
The Flickr report shows that 47 per cent of cameras used this year were iPhones, ahead of Canon on 24 per cent and Nikon on 18 per cent — which leaves just 11 per cent that is split between other camera manufacturers such as Fuji and Sony and Android smartphones.
The percentage of photographers using their iPhone as their camera has jumped five percentage points in the past twelve months, while the ratio of Canon and Nikon users has shrunk.
The demise of the camera has reached a new tipping point with a study of more than 120 million photographers showing the camera most people prefer is the iPhone in their pocket.