What the Rise of the Smart Phone Camera Tells Us About the Future of Coding

(Or... what happened to all of the studio photographers? And will coders face a similar future? I think not.)

In 2010, the world shipped 121 million dedicated cameras. By 2023, that number had cratered to 7.7 million. That’s a 94% collapse in just over a decade. The smartphone didn’t just disrupt the camera industry. It vaporized the economic moat that protected an entire professional class. When smart phones automated focus, exposure, and color grading, the ab…