Hi all,
So my two cents,
For one side, even though the number of shipments of CSC cameras has increased in the latest two years, it is going in a very slow pace. I think that three year figure that you comment Guillermo, it is more due for the speed DSLR are losing sells more than the success of CSC to grab new buyers.
With all manufacturers selling less cameras each year, I expect that at some point some manufacturer will give up and close their image division. This will benefit for a period buyers, since some manufacturers are trying to get market share, like Sony, Fuji or Olympus, they are offering professional products at quite low prices (the current A7 it is selling at around $1000, full frame camera at that price will be a dream two years ago). Also, some manufacturers are starting to invest in things different to camera markets, lately Nikon has bought several medical imaging companies (this it is quite logical, Nikon it is one of the manufacturers that has the most to lose, they are quite centered in the cameras).
Also, manufacturers are focusing more and more in professional products. This it is quite obvious, professional products have higher margins, at the low end, they are selling quite cheap for people to still buy their cameras, and the margins are lower. You can see this behavior already in some manufacturers, for example Sigma it has been moving to high qualifity products for some period with their Art lenses ( in this interview their CEO already comments that there is were the margins are:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8641477642/cp-2015-sigma-interview ). Olympus is selling quite well their OM-D series, better than the PENs, Sony it is pushing with very short cycles their full-frame mirrorless cameras... Or for example Canon, their cameras are not that "sexy", but for some years they have been working in improving the optical quality of all their lenses with an step increase in price (just look at the 11-24 price...)
Regards,
David