The Verge:

Point-and-shoot camera sales were down 20 percent last year across the industry, with entry-level shooters declining the most sharply…Dying doesn’t mean dead, though: these cheap cameras still account for as much as 80 percent of camera sales.

The three new Cyber-shot cameras Sony launched today hint at how the company’s moving ahead in the market — by equipping its cameras with better video, more zoom, and megapixels galore.

Point and shoots bring to mind the old man at the beginning of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” – “I’m not dead yet!”