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DEALER CLOSES IN
SUSSEX
CAMERASALESFALL,COMPANIES STILL
Afterweeksofrumours,ithasbeen
STRONG
fluctuationsincurrency,althoughinreal profitability…Canon’sDLSRbusiness
confirmedthatMXVPhotographic termstheyincreasedby6.2%. hassalesofaround75bnwith
Ltd,basedinUckfield,Sussex,has IMAGINGMANUFACTURERS Kodakalsoreportedthatthedivisionits profitabilityof21%whereasSony’s
goneintoliquidation.The‘mailorder AREPOSTINGSTRONG camerascomeunderexperienceda49% profitlevelisnotsohigh.”
specialists’whodealtinusedand FIGURESANDGOOD dropinsalesonthethirdquarterof HepointedoutthattheDSLRsectorstill
newhigh-qualityphotographic FORECASTSDESPITELESS 2008,citing“continueddeclinesin presentedthebestpotentialprofitfor
goodsaresaidtohavesuccumbed CAMERASALES,YEAR-ON- consumerspending”ondigitalframes manufacturers.
tothepressuresofglobalrecession YEAR. anddigitalcameras.Salesinconsumer “Fromaprofitabilitypointofview
andtheshifttodigital.Thewebsite inkjetprintersandtheirconsumables DSLRbusinesswouldbemuchbetter-
ceasedoperationrecentlyandsince StrengthintheYenhasmeantthat almostdoubled,doubtlessboostedbythe thereareonlyfiveorsixcompanies
then,aclosurehasbeenexpected. incomehasfallenforCanon’scamera ‘printandprosper’campaign.Overall andthecompetitiveconditionsarenot
division,year-on-year,althoughthe saleswereup,excludingroyalties. sotough.Mostcompaniesuse
company’sforecasthasbeen HisashiMoriyama,anequitiesanalystat compactcamerastoexpandtheir
TOUCHSCREEN improvedbasedonimproved J.P.Morgan,hascommented:‘Midrange brandnameintoothermarketsaround
MOBILES operatingprofitandprofitmargin. andhigh-endDSLRsaleshavestartedto theworld.”Headdedthathedidn’t
“DISAPPOINTING” Totalsalesforthecameradivisionfell pickup.BothNikonandCanonare expectCanonandNikontoexpand
AnewsurveybyCanalyshasshown 8.3%,withcompensationforthe seeingincreasesinshipmentsand intotheMicroFourThirdsmarketyet.
thatmorethanhalfoftouchscreen
mobilephoneuseswouldgobackto I N N O VAT I O N
atraditionalkeyboardinterfacein
future.Itwasfoundthattouchscreens
weren’tasusableandpracticalas
15MP CMOSFORPHONES
theywereintendedtobe,particularly
A NEW CMOS IMAGE SENSOR BY TOSHIBA IS SET TO
foruserswhousedSMSmessaging.
PROVIDE CAMERA MOBILE PHONES WITH 14.6 MILLION
AsenioranalystatCanalyssaid
PIXEL CAPABILITY AND IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY.
manufacturersneededtoworkon
theirtouchscreeninterfaces. Thenew14.6mpimagesensor,isalso sideilluminationfeature.
thefirstbyToshibatoincludeaback Thenewimagesensorisexpectedtobe
rolledoutinJuly2010withsampling
commencingnextmonth. wherewiringlimitslightabsorption.
The1x2.3inchsensorisalsogoingto Thispositioningboostslightsensitivity
beusedindigitalcameras.“BSIbrings andabsorptionby40%comparedto
newlevelsofresponsivenesstoCMOS existingToshibaproducts,andallows
imaging,sayToshiba.“Lensesare formationoffinerimagepixels.Initial
deployedontherearofthesensoron productionwillbeatavolumeof
thesiliconsubstrate,notonthefront, 500,000sensorsamonth.”
P R O M O T I O N S
GOODTIDINGS!
NIKON CHRISTMAS CASHBACK
NikonUKhasannounceda
newChristmascashback
promotionthatentitles
customerstoclaim£50
cashbackonitsD5000
and£30cashbackonits
D3000DigitalSLR
cameras.
Thepromotionwillrun
fromthe5thNovember
2009untilthe10thJanuary
2010(inclusive),andallclaims
mustarriveby15thFebruary
2010inordertoqualify. up.BothmodelsfeaturetheF-
TheD3000andD5000arethe Mountlenssystemwhichis
latestentry-levelcamerastobe celebratingits50thanniversary
addedtoNikon’sdigitalSLRline thisyear.
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