PMA Data Watch: Activity of digital camera owners

According to the 2009 PMA U.S. Consumer Photo Buying Report, 73 percent of U.S. households own digital cameras. Not surprisingly, the percentage of households that still own film cameras continues to fall with the prevalence of digital cameras. In 2005, 72 percent of digital camera owners still had film cameras, but this dropped to 46 percent in 2008.
  The percent of U.S. households with broadband internet was 77 percent in 2008, an increase from 57 percent in 2005. Dial-up internet households dropped from 33 percent in 2005 to just 11 percent in 2008. The percentage of households without any internet access has increased over the past few years, however, from 8 percent in 2005 to 12 percent in 2008.
  The percentage of households that purchased film or one-time-use cameras dropped from 56 percent in 2005 to 31 percent in 2008. Those processing film or one-time-use cameras dropped even more in the past few years. Only 25 percent of digital camera owners processed film in 2008 compared to 62 percent back in 2005. As digital cameras grew in pouplarity, camcorder ownership has remained steady. Thirty-four percent of digital camera owners owned camcorders in 2005 and 36 percent owned them in 2008. In 2006, however, camcorder ownership was at 46 percent among digital camera owners.