Nairobi, Sept. 11 -- Across the various clusters of camera users, the tide is rapidly turning in favour of smartphones. Smartphone manufacturers are now focusing on quality pictures to boost sales, taking a big slice of the camera market, especially among young Kenyans who prefer portable gadgets.

The tendency of flaunting out big cameras, which in the yesteryears was a symbol of status, is slowly fading away as Kenyans increasingly move to mobile in a disruption that has seen the sale volumes of cameras record a significant drop in a majority of global markets. Smartphones have made personal photography ubiquitous.

Last week, Somesh Adukia, the Japanese multinational camera manufacturer Canon managing director for Central and North Afr...