Moments In Time

This is the final image from Shapwick that I'm going to post.

Over the holiday, I watched a BBC programme called "Moments in Time". This was a syncretic fusion of an end of year news review and a photography show, which to quote the show's web-page, told "The story of 2013 told through the high-impact images of the year, exploring how photography has changed in the age of smartphones, social media and the selfie."

So, we were treated to twelve images, one per month, some discussion of the news story and the details of how the image came to be made. The latter included a brief description of the kit used, and this was interesting - well, to me, at least. I noticed a couple of things:

Firstly, there was a definite hierarchy in camera phones - iPhones were named as such, everything else was just a "smartphone". Obviously, the media types at the BBC are Apple fanbois.

Secondly, despite all the guff about camera phones and social media, around half of the images featured in the show were actually made by professional photographers.

Thirdly, and related to the second point, the kit used fell into two distinct groups - camera phones and high-end DSLRs.There was only one image - of Andy Murray celebrating his win at Wimbledon - that was made with an entry level DSLR, by a member of the crowd.

So, what did I glean from this? Well, I suppose that it supports my view that the days of a mass market for DSLRs are numbered. Camera phones will take over the point and shoot market, mirrorless cameras will come to dominate the mid-range with DSLRs relegated to the professional market, along with medium format.

However, we all know the quality of my prognosticative powers.