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Cameraphone replace Dslr? Anssi Vanjoki told a good joke!

Reuters made a news of Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President in Nokia, who had spoken i Helsinki in a congress. The news tells that Vanjoki says that in near future professional photographer don´t need to carry those heavy lenses, and pointed a photographer i front of him, same photos can in future be taken with cameraphones. He pointed on me, when I happen to stumble with my gear. I was the only photographer there. I think his comment on about my gear "Canon 5dII body + 70-200 f2.8" may have been spontanic reactions after seeing how clumsy I am.

As my point of view, the audience was very strictly oriented in hard substance, almost with a humourless attitude. Vanjoki's comment got the whole congress audience laughing, including me. I would definitely said that it was most of all an icebreaker joke. Definitely a good one.

I work as a freelance-photographer, every now and then I´ll do some financial press -photographings too. In this case I happen to work there for the congress. I have a certain personal interest in how journalism is done. It may de done in text or photos. If somebody tells a good joke, and gives 1000 people a good laugh. It´s absolutely a good thing. Some says it's only marketing. How should, or could the editor or reporter write about it? Just a theoretical question and a interesting case in how a comment is decoded and understood?

Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE63J15F20100420


Here is some reactions what I found:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/04/controversies.html

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-nokias-anssi-vanjoki-thinks-cameraphones-a/

http://www.dvhardware.net/article42340.html

http://flash.popphoto.com/blog/2010/04/nokia-gm-thinks-phones-will-soon-render-dslrs-obsolete.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/21/dslrs_to_die/

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/04/21/nokia-exec-predicts-rise-of-cameraphones-and-demise-of-dslrs/

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=582253

http://www.photographybay.com/2010/04/21/nokia-vp-says-cell-phone-cameras-will-replace-dslrs/

http://www.intomobile.com/2010/04/20/nokia-in-the-near-future-camera-phones-will-be-better-than-a-dslr-hd-recording-in-12-months.html

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/36815/NOKIA-SLR-cameras-will-soon-be-obsolete?

http://www.mobilephonexchange.co.uk/news/Mobile_Phones_To_Replace_SLR_Cameras.html

and many other pages, blogs and forums where issue has been discussed. Conclusions?



Henrik Kettunen, freelance-photographer
www.henrikkettunen.com

ps. Photo is taken with Eos 5DII+70-200 2.8 is, asa 2500, f 3.2, 1/160s.