A report by the InfoTrends Research Group predicts that digital camera sales will completely replace sales of film cameras in North America by the year 2008. Digital camera unit sales are forecast to reach 14.3 million units in 2003. The report also rather conservatively comments “Additionally, within the five-year forecast, digital camera vendors are expected to deliver sub-$1,000 amateur digital SLRs that support interchangeable lenses, which will also cut into film camera sales.” I would have thought and hoped that a sub-$1,000 amateur digital SLR would be released well before 2008…

Website: InfoTrends