Since the birth of mirrorless interchangeable cameras a few years ago, many new system cameras has been born. Micro four thirds, Sony NEX, Samsung NX etc. And it might be more to come (Canon, Ricoh Pentax.. etc).
Before, high quality camera market is dominated by DSLR cameras. Now, we have many systems to choose from high to low quality.
In the left part (conservative) resides DSLR Cameras. These cameras are relatively bulky and heavy, but it is trusted and have a long history and complete collection of lenses and accessories.
In the right side there are plenty new breed of mirrorless interchangeable system cameras a.k.a compact system camera. There are plenty of variations among these cameras. In the low end, we have Pentax Q, which has very tiny but solid built. We has Leica M9 and new Fuji XPRO-1 system which is both stylish and high quality.
Today, majority of consumers are still in the left side, but as time progressed and the price is getting cheaper, there is huge probability that more people will get either one of the right side of chart.
In advanced fixed lens compact camera market, we usually have compact camera with relatively small sensor and bright lenses. Today, we have a few cameras that has relatively large sensor such as recently announced Canon G1 X, the stylish Fuji X100 and X10, and the old Sigma DP. Consumers that doesn’t want to carry bulky camera & lenses but want high quality cameras will be happier.
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