photo credit: Pascal Vuylsteker Canon is still the first photo camera manufacturer in the world (counted in total turnover). this comes firstly from the enviable position on the Digital SLR market, a real cash cow. But competition is here and we could learn some of what they intend to do to improve their relative position.…
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All goes well for Nikon and Canon
In the last few days, we heard quite good news from both Nikon and Canon (the obvious leading companies of the Digital SLR camera market). Nikon boasted about its first place in Japan sales of SLR cameras in the first half of 2010 (January to June). What is interesting is that they exchanged positions in…
Photo scammers: The naked truth
photo credit: Don Hankins It appears that -at least in some cases- many ads from Google (like the ones I display on my web sites) are presenting fraudulent business proposals. Usually they are recognizable by the fact that they makes too-good-to-be-true offers (half-price photo cameras or basement-sale prices for pro equipment). But it is not…
Sony: Photo and video News
Sony just made a round of announcements that should attract a lot of attention in the photography market (but in relation with video). First and foremost, here are the first samples of the new range of point-and-shoot photo cameras using an APS-C digital sensor. With the NEX3 and the NEX5, they intend to bring a…
Mr. Pixel and Mrs. Grain
The nice little story of this couple seeking advice from a counselor: Mr. Pixel and Mrs. Grain. In three parts. YouTube link YouTube link YouTube link A nice story ending for those who love digital photography… Via F/1.0.
Samsung news
Assuredly, Samsung decided to shake the market of mirror-less SLR (how can we name these cameras?) since the official launch of the Samsung NX-10. They open a new Korean web site at http://www.samsungimaging.co.kr/ which is -for now- dedicated to the NX-10 but which will certainly be the spearhead of the 2010-2011 marketing efforts around the…
No Canon for PMA
This is really recession time: Even Canon decided to cut expenses and will not go to the PMA fair in Anaheim, CA next year (in Feb 2010). This will leave Photokina (in Koln, Germany) as the only world-level photo trade show seeing all major players in the same location. Well, if nobody else tries to…
DSLR market change
This is Photoscala which published the sales numbers for digital SLR cameras. The most amazingly interesting is -for me- which major brands progressed (or not) between 2006 and 2008: You cannot miss the obvious progress of Sony who clearly became a major actor of this market, and a significant competitor for Canon and Nikon. Furthermore,…
Nikon D300s in September
According to the official Best Buy twitter feed, the Nikon D300 is now being delisted from the catalog of this line of photo shops, in preparation of the arrival of the Nikon D300s which should replace it.
Fuji+Nikon, still going on?
Important update: It has been brought to my attention that Fujitsu is not the mother company of Fuji photo cameras (it would rather be Fujifilm). So, this announcement probably has no influence on the future of Fuji SLR cameras which will stay very dark. After quite some time waiting for announcements from Fuji, we were…
Canon to build new plant
In the spirit of willingness to jump-start the Japanese economy through capital spending, the Tokyo-based photo company, Canon, decided to re-start its projects to build a new photo-equipment plant in Southern Japan.
Pentax K30D, still in preparation?
The Pentax representatives and PR people keep telling us that the Pentax K20D is not replaced by the newest Pentax K-7. So, what? Do you replace the K20D or not? The answer could come from Samsung, forever-partner of Pentax for digital SLR photo cameras. The network of informers in direct contact with Samsung keeps repeating…
Canon fights the recession
The Japanese headquarters of Canon just presented its quarterly financial results and they show profits going down by 88% for the quarter. Obvioulsy, copiers and printers are hit hard by the economic crisss. But despite the grim look of these figures, this is relatively good news (or better than the worse of the worst, maybe).…
Nikon not financially desperate
In these dire times, it is slightly refreshing to see Nikon announcing that they need to revise their forecasts of financial results for fiscal year ending 31st March 2009. They add first announced a big dip of turnover and profits. But they decided to smile a little more. Maybe they were a little over-pessimistic. Anyway,…
The best camera (from the experts)
I have to admit that I am nearly always frightened when some automated tool claims to be bringing the knowledge of the experts and help you make a difficult choice (despite half a century of computer activity, Artificial Intelligence is still not here). But I found this tool that claims to bring you “the expert’s…
Camera manufacturers in crisis?
According to Canon Rumours, there could be some concentration moves around the camera manufacturers. Up to this, it’s just in line with what I’ve been telling about some brands whose CEOs have heart burns from the intense current competition. But they also give us names and combinations to think about. Panasonic could buy the photo…