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Digital Camera World
James Artaius

The compact camera conundrum: Why do Canon, Kodak, Sony and Fujifilm all have different solutions to the same problem?

Photographer James Artaius holding the Olympus Stylus SH-3.

It's the biggest paradox in the camera industry: compact cameras. They're a license to print money, yet somehow the industry has managed to dig itself into a deep hole – because nobody can make enough compacts to meet the demand for them – and every manufacturer is trying to dig its way out in completely different directions.

It's something I talked about in detail with my colleague Chris on Bokeh Face – Digital Camera World's new podcast. And it all started because the golden goose started laying eggs completely unexpectedly.

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