<p>Everything in the technology space seems to be revolving around the camera built into the hardware device. If there's a social component to it, then it needs to have a camera. Take today's Samsung Galaxy Gear news where the electronics manufacturer unveiled a smartwatch with a 1.9 megapixel camera on the wriststrap traditionally, watches didn't come with a way to take photographs. Hell, even the Pebble smartwatch, one of the first of its kind, didn't come equipped with a way to capture images or videos.</p><p>There's no discounting the fact that a picture is worth a thousand words and everything you think about these days has a way to allow you to capture the moment, whether it's your phone, watch, computer, tablet, game console, glasses, or simply a camera that affixes to something else. But even with all of this technology, I'm not completely sold that the era of the hand-held camera is over at least not quite yet. Sure, smartphones (and even tablets) have emerged as the dominant hardware, but I don't believe that it will replace my dSLR camera any time soon.Changing dynamics</p><p>Earlier this week, one of the pioneers in the camera space emerged from bankruptcy. With its 125-year storied history, it appears that Eastman-Kodak wasn't able to keep up with the trends and is no longer focusing on cameras, film sales, and consumer photo developing. Indeed, it appears that the smartphones have practically made film cameras extinct from the minds of the mainstream consumer.</p><p>And if film photography has moved into the way of the dinosaurs, are digital cameras next? The standard point-and-shoot models are quickly being replaced by the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S III, and now even Google Glass. Even on Flickr, one of the biggest photography communities on the Internet, the iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 rank as the most popular cameras, beating the dSLRs like the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D.</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/09/05/smartphone-cameras-have-killed-the-point-and-shoot-but-not-the-dslr/">Keep reading...</a></p>
