That's because camera companies don't write decent software (Phase being and honourable exception and Phocus does what the studio set up needs).
They are struggling because the expansion into digital has not stalled it's gone into free fall so there is no money to put in.
Totally agree.
* I should be able to hook my iPhone up to my Pentax 645Z or Phase One camera at this point, and download an image, and then take it into Snap Seed. Even better would be WIFI built into the camera to be able to send to iPhone or iPad nearby. All without a laptop or Digital Tech or any kind of external computer.
* Google just bought SnapSeed and made it even better. Burn and Dodge, using the tip of your finger, on an iPhone. Amazing. It was good before, and Google made it better. Why did Nikon or Canon not buy Snapseed, and put up a barrier to entry to the other brands? Just like how CaptureOne won't allow Pentax 645Z to tether directly into it. They built a wall to protect themselves.
* Go and download ProCamera8. It'll blow your mind how good it is, in HDR B/W. Shoots a 22meg file from an iPhone6.
* The new iPhone6s, in September release, is rumored to have a 12MP camera. Apple is putting horsepower into the camera section of the new iPhone.
Link:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/15/rumor-12mp-camera-in-apples-iphone-6s-will-pack-in-smaller-pixels* The world (read: Apple) is leapfrogging the Nikon and Canon quickly. Witness market share numbers above.
* I truly thought the Pentax 645Z would be a leapfrog improvement over the D. I guess it is, is pixel count is all that matters. But honestly, who would shoot video with a Pentax 645Z? Pentax/Ricoh doesn't have a clue who they are, or who they're marketing to.
* I bought a snazzy Leica Point/Shoot a few months ago from B&H. It arrived and I didn't even open the box; just returned it. Because I knew I'd only carry the iPhone6 in my pocket everywhere. Leica survives by now by marketing to ultra rich; they have money, but yes, those dudes are old, and getting older. How much longer can they survive when the rich guy with sweater tied around his neck carries the Leica to impress his friends, but only shoots photos with his iPhone6?
* The business is changing very very very quickly. You could make a case that your Instagram Page is more important than your actual Website Page. What does that tell you? Everybody is only on their phone or iPad. Do an experiment: Go and look at your own website on your iPhone and tell me how lame it looks, and how long it takes to load, (using cellular, not WIFI). Look how bad it looks. Like HTML 1989. Then, go to Instagram.com, and watch how fluid and fast everything loads. And then sit there and try to imagine how to position your business even five years from now. It's mindbogglingly hard.