A type of digital camera that combines the ease of use of a point and shoot with more advanced SLR features.
Consumer electronics gear that is too high-priced (and feature-rich) for average consumers, but not high-quality enough for most professional applications. Sony's new line of Digital 8 cameras (in the thousand dollar range) would be considered consumer fare, while the Canon near-broadcast-quality MiniDV machines (in the two thousand dollar range) could be called "prosumer."
a blend of a 'producer' and a 'consumer
Equipment with higher quality and cost than consumer-level equipment and lower cost and quality than professional-level equipment.
Camera that has a quality between consumer and professional market.
a consumer with professional-level tools.
Type of electronic product that straddles the Professional and Consumer market, or one who uses such a product.
A description of a product that is targeted at, and appeals to, both professional and consumer buyers. i.e. a camera with professional features that is sold at consumer prices.
Professional espresso machines manufactured for the home-user
The answer can vary according to what the "pro" stands for in a particular instance: producer, professional, or proactive. The word "prosumer," a blend of "producer" and "consumer," was coined in 1980 by Alvin Toffler in his book "The Third Wave" to describe a future period in which an empowered consumer sector would influence the design and manufacture of products to individual specifications. That era is now upon us, say analysts who believe that 'Net-based commerce has the power to eliminate the middleman between manufacturer and purchaser.
is that level of equipment that isn’t quite up to the Professional level, but is a bit better than the Consumer level.
This is a "hybrid" term to mean the middle quality level between consumer (Circuit City and Good Guy products) and professional products (Television quality equipment).
A very serious photographer who can be either an amateur or professional.
Prosumer is a portmanteau formed by contracting either the word producer or professional with the word consumer. The term has taken on multiple conflicting meanings: the business sector sees the prosumer (professional–consumer) as a market segment, whereas economists see the prosumer (producer–consumer) as having greater independence from the mainstream economy.
