Compact cameras off the ONS basket of goodies

  • Thread starter Thread starter Deleted member 68495
  • Start date Start date
D

Deleted member 68495

Guest
Inflation list BBC

I note that the list of goods in the virtual 'shopping basket' has been changed to reflect the changing tastes for the British public and digital compact cameras have been taken off the list as most people take photos on their phones now. Shame, but a sign of the times I suppose.

An anomaly in the list is that sanitary towels have now been included but tampons have been taken out (pun not intended). I can understand why people use fewer digital cameras but sanitary products? How odd.
 
A more surprising thing would be if compact cameras were still on.
 
I took my waterproof compact with me to the Isle of Wight festival last year as:

a) it was going to be p***ing down all weekend
b) we were staying on a boat on a jetty and had to make a crossing to the island every morning on a tiny RIB.
c) we were going to be drinking all weekend and it's drop proof.
d) the battery on my then phone was appalling and using that as my main camera would have killed it.

Anyway... almost every time I took the camera out, someone would say something along the lines of "Blimey, I've not seen anyone use an actual camera for years"
 
alfbranch said:
A more surprising thing would be if compact cameras were still on.
Click to expand...
I still use a premium compact about fifty percent of my photographic time, a Fuji X100V. I defy any phone camera to come even close. NB the other 49.9% of use is my Nikon DSLR, the last 0.01 is on my phone -- pictures of the dog rolling around on the bed and the like.
 
My X100v is my main camera also, but we are not representative of the British public as a whole, who are happy with phone snaps.
 
ShinySideUp said:
Inflation list BBC

An anomaly in the list is that sanitary towels have now been included but tampons have been taken out (pun not intended). I can understand why people use fewer digital cameras but sanitary products? How odd.
Click to expand...

ONS have some notes on this specific topic

Consumer price inflation basket of goods and services - Office for National Statistics

The review process for the items making up the inflation basket used to calculate the UK consumer price inflation indices and how and why the items are chosen.
www.ons.gov.uk

ONS said:
In other cases, removal does not necessarily imply that the markets for these goods and services are very small or declining significantly. Some items have been removed to make way for new additions to the baskets within the same grouping. For example, the postage charges item is being replaced by new items for letter and parcel handling services. The aim is to enable us to capture price quotes from a wider range of parcel courier services and to produce a more detailed analysis. Another example is tampons, which have been replaced by sanitary towels. These attract greater expenditure and are currently more representative of feminine hygiene products.
Click to expand...
 
ShinySideUp said:
Inflation list BBC

I note that the list of goods in the virtual 'shopping basket' has been changed to reflect the changing tastes for the British public and digital compact cameras have been taken off the list as most people take photos on their phones now. Shame, but a sign of the times I suppose.

An anomaly in the list is that sanitary towels have now been included but tampons have been taken out (pun not intended). I can understand why people use fewer digital cameras but sanitary products? How odd.
Click to expand...
Wonder if its because sanitary products are now free :thinking:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top