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AP INVESTIGATES: Do Compact System Cameras have a future?

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AP INVESTIGATES: Do smaller interchangeable-lens cameras have a future after sales plunged more than 30%? And do people really care if they buy a compact system camera or a DSLR?

Amid great fanfare, the first compact system camera (CSC) was born in 2008. The micro four thirds Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 ignited a fierce turf-war with the traditional DSLR which recently saw the first full-frame CSC - the Alpha 7 - join a growing army of technology-laden upstarts.

CSCs - aka 'mirrorless cameras' (among a host of other names they have assumed since) - were heralded as easier to use and, with the absence of an SLR mirror-box, less bulky than a DSLR.

Yet, more than four times as many SLRs were sold in the UK last year than CSCs which notched up sales of just 100,000 units - 46,000 fewer than the year before, according to figures released by market research firm GfK.

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