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In the past year or so, we’ve seen a few point and shoot cameras come to the market. Leica has been making some very exceptional ones. But most of these new, super affordable point and shoot cameras aren’t coming from Japan — where most of the industry’s cameras come from at least in concept and design. Rather, they’re instead all mostly being made in China and designed in America. Every single time I pick one up, I’m elated that they exist and that a few financially courageous folks are taking it upon themselves to fill a market with cameras that folks want. But then I always wonder why the Japanese won’t make these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In 2025,\u00a0OM System\u00a0<\/a>told me that they don’t see the point-and-shoot market as being financially viable for them.<\/span> And with that said, I truly believe them. When the Japanese say that they’re considering something, it’s often an indirect way of saying that something is going to happen. But when the brands say that they’re not working on it, it’s very clear. When a brand says that they can’t comment on something, it’s also probably being worked on. This is further evidenced by the fact that\u00a0engineers spoke to me<\/a>\u00a0about the RX1R, which ultimately <\/span>came to<\/span> market<\/a> with hype so deep and upgrades so lightweight that it could barely make a splash in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left that OM System meeting feeling like I had spoken to the executives of so many other camera brands. And something really occurred to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the few remaining long-term journalists left reporting on cameras, I can say with clarity that I remember when Sony stated to the press that their point and shoot market had been decimated by the smartphone. Canon, years ago, told us something very similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of folks at these brands have a very particular idea of what a point and shoot camera can and should be. And when that market died, it created in them a type of corporate PTSD. PTSD creates scars — but there is no way that a company can go through therapy to work around it. Instead, they have to find the change from within, and we all know how that goes. I’ve seen the same thing at VSCO where the brand still is reeling from the effects of the VSCO girl culture scene. If you look at the brand today, they’re far from anything from those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financially speaking, it makes sense. Every few months, the Phoblographer’s developer says that we should try to get more traffic from social media or YouTube. But then both our Managing Editor and I remind her that it doesn’t work for traditional publications, where our business model is built on bringing in pageviews. If something doesn’t work over and over again, you just don’t put energy into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer then lies with these new American camera brands that don’t have this corporate PTSD. With that said, these companies are starting to come up alongside some Chinese brands in the camera market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, lots of these new cameras all feel very similar and deliver very similar images. But so too do the Japanese camera brands. Instead, when you pick up one of these new American-designed cameras, you go for the experience. Many of them are screen-free. And these days, we need so much more of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind.\/ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like \"Secret Order of the Slice.\" PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. 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