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Seamus:  Good  to  be  with  you                              would be valuable to share your
            again,  it  has  been  a  several                             view of what appears to be sub-
            months since our last collabora-              Image format    stantial turmoil.
            tion.                                         is more         Falcon: Well, at the end of Oc-
                                                    important than the
            Of  course  I  was  very  effective-    megapixels in the     tober,  J.  D.  and  I  participated  in
                                                          ”
            ly  replaced  by  the  learned  Mr.     sensor.               the show, and it was quite inter-
            DeWynter.                                                     esting.

            Falcon: Welcome back Seamus,                                  If you excluded the “ drone “ ex-
            as much as I enjoy working with                               hibitors there would be about 20
            Francois, you are no second rate                              percent fewer vendors than last
            interviewer.                                                  year.
            Seamus: Thank you. We spoke a                                 Seamus: I remember only a cou-
            bit about the current trends in the                           ple of drone vendors last year, so
            photography  industry  and,  be-                              that is a huge increase, because                        Thinking about Digital Imaging
            cause you have recently attend-                               there were over 200 total exhib-
            ed  the  international  PhotoPlus                             itors.                                                                                                  with
            Expo  in  New  York,  I  thought  it
                                                                          Falcon: Yes, the technology has                                                                       Falcon & Seamus Whyte








                                                                                                                                                Prior to the "digital revolution," some 8 million cameras were sold yearly.
          eS                                                                                                                                    At the height of the digital revolution, that number reached 24 million. It
                                                                                                                                                ”
                                                                                                                                                isn't logical to assume that number would increase indefinitely.
          d the Scen                                                                                                               improved both in terms of flight        will  the  industry   took  a  lot  of  space,  but  I  would



                                                                                                                                                                                               say  most  activity  was  a  around
                                                                                                                                   and camera capabilities. We ob-
                                                                                                                                   served several models with 8 ro-
                                                                                                                                                                                               the  niche  and  novelty  vendors.
                                                                                                                                                                           recreate a sense
                                                                                                                                   tating blades, quite large and ex-
                                                                                                                                                                                               For example, a new style diffuser
                                                                                                                                                                           of  purpose  and
                                                                                                                                   pensive.  I  would  say  the  largest
                                                                                                                                                                                               that sits on top of your flash and
                                                                                                                                                                           direction?
                                                                                                                                                                                               really.
          Behin                                                                                                                    had a 3 foot diameter and was                               unique  camera  straps,  trinkets
                                                                                                                                   able to lift a small DSLR.
                                                                                                                                                                                               The  large  companies  were  still
                                                                                                                                   They  still  have  a  considerable
                                                                                                                                                                                               represented.  Samsung  had  the
                                                                                                                                   propensity  to  crash.  When  that
                                                                                                                                   happens everything is  lost,  so  it                        original DeLorean from the Back
                                                                                                                                   is a very expensive technology.                             to the Future movie. Their theme
                                                                                                                                   Seamus:  What  generated  the                               was a comparison of technology
                                                                                                                                   most activity in the building?                              from the 70’s to now, and quite
                                                                                                                                                                                               nicely done. Canon, Nikon, Sony,
                                                                                                                                   Falcon: The drone vendors
                                                                            PHOTO BY Falcon                                                                                                    and  Olympus  had  substantial








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