Modern smartphones are equipped with digital camera units, the capabilities of which are sufficient for most users – smartphones are used not only for amateur shooting, but also for artistic ones. Specialists are trying to use specialized photographic equipment, but there are fewer and fewer of them, and the development of mirrorless models is forcing Nikon to abandon the production of SLR cameras.

According to the Japanese publication Nikkei Asian Review, Nikon, whose professional SLR cameras have been used by photography professionals for over 60 years, will eventually make them history as the manufacturer plans to phase out digital. SLR models. The resources released will be directed towards the development and production of mirrorless digital models, the functionality of which is constantly being improved.

If competition from smartphone cameras has become an issue for some manufacturers of optical solutions, Sony Corporation has taken a significant share of the image sensors market, with stable revenues even under conditions where its own smartphone manufacturing business has not been successful. Belief in the potential of this market has even prompted Sony to form a joint venture with TSMC and Denso that will begin manufacturing image sensors for Sony’s needs in Japan from 2024. 20% of the shares are owned by JV capital of Sony Corporation.