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Smart PhotographyJanuary 2016

H. S. Billimoria

DID YOU

KNOW

• 49.3 million digital cameras were sold
  in 2014.


• Global market share of digital cameras:
  2009 2010
  Canon 19% 19%
  Sony 16.9% 17.9%
  Nikon 11.1% 12.6%
  Samsung 10.9% 11.1%
  Kodak 8.8% 7.4%
  Panasonic 7.6% 7.6%
  Olympus 6.2% 6.1%
  Fuji 5.4% 4.9%
  Casio 4.7% 4%


• Japanese companies produced more
  than 100 million digital cameras in 2012.
  In 2013, this number dropped to 60
  million.

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

80.3 mln

91.3 mln

80.5 mln

70 mln

36.2 mln

24.7 mln

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

1801 mln

1470 mln 1423 mln

1084 mln 1012 mln 985 mln 998 mln

• China used to be a major manufacturer of digital cameras, particularly at the lower
  end.  e collapse in the demand for compact cameras has taken a toll on Chinese
  manufactured cameras as shown below:
  
  
  • It is estimated that nearly 1.8 billion
    photos are uploaded each day worldwide.
  
  
  • Instagram has 400 million active users.
  
  
  • Nikon has announced that a new D5
    professional D-SLR is under development
    along with a new SP-5000 Speedlight.
  
  
  • Canon has announced that on
    November 10,2015, it has produced its
    80 millionth EOS camera.  e 70 million
    mark had been reached only 21 months
    ago. Canon has already produced 110
    million EF series lences.
  
  
  •  e popularity of the Apple iPhone
    has little to do with the pro ciency of its
    camera. Top end models from the likes of
    Samsung,Sony and Motorola have le the
    iPhone 6s and 6s Plus with their 12MP
    sensor way behind in the imaging quality
    battle. |SP
  
  
  
  


• Similarly, value of digital camera shipments from Japan kept on declining
  after reaching a peak of 1801 million dollars in 2008.