0 a customer who wants to buy very high-quality technical products or equipment. The word is formed from the words "professional" and "consumer": --
The word consumer is outdated and should be replaced by the more pro-active "prosumer".
The passive consumer is being replaced by the "prosumer" who will participate in the design and creation of products.
The cost of a DSLR is still considerably higher than that of a prosumer camera.
The company offers a more sophisticated solution, aimed at prosumers and professionals.
1 a customer who wants to buy high quality technical products or equipment. This word is formed from the words 'professional' and 'consumer': --
2 a customer who helps a company design and produce its products. This word is formed from the words 'producer' and 'consumer': --
Manufacturers created a market between the professional video camera and video camera consumer levels which became known as prosumer which met the needs of this niche market.
Indeed, the more consumer-oriented prosumer spin is irrelevant to many people with diminished disposable income caused by various economic trends such as globalization, automation, and wealth concentration.
Hence, audio dubbing and video dubbing, where either the audio or video are re-recorded on tape (without disturbing the other), were supported features on prosumer linear video editing-decks.
The cameras also lost features generally appealing to a prosumer level customer.
As of 2007, the greatest advancements have been limited mostly to professional, prosumer, and high-end consumer-grade digital cameras.
Many but not all prosumer and professional-level non-linear editing systems are able to recognize and remove this advanced pulldown scheme.
The technological boundaries between home-movie-making and professional movie-making are becoming increasingly blurred as prosumer equipment often offers features previously only available on professional equipment.
They are prominent in the prosumer market segment.
