Sony Corporation announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which embodies the continuous evolution of the camera. This image sensor layers the pixel section containing formations of back-illuminated structure pixels onto chips containing the circuit section for signal processing. This structure achieves further enhancement in … [Read more...]

Sony Corporation has appointed Kazuo Hirai as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective from April 1, 2012. Howard Stringer, who currently holds the designations, will become Chairman of the Board of Directors in June 2012.Stringer will continue as Chairman of Sony Corporation until his ascension to the Board Chairmanship, which will become effective upon Board … [Read more...]

Following its acquisition of Pentax, Ricoh is all set to shift the production of its cameras to the Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company. After the acquisition, Ricoh has moved to reorganise its digital imaging business. While Ricoh’s digital cameras were previously manufactured by the Personal Multimedia Product Company at Ricoh, they will now be designed, developed and sold by … [Read more...]

Olympus plans to raise additional capital, which could happen after a late-April meeting of shareholders. According to revised financial statements, Olympus had an equity ratio of just 4.5 percent at the end of September, down from a pre-revision 15 percent in March 2011. The meeting is intended to pick new management that will decide on these prospective partnerships and … [Read more...]

Michihiro Yamaki, Founder Chairman and CEO of Tokyo based Sigma Corporation, died last month, after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 78. Michihiro Yamaki founded the lens manufacturing company in September, 1961 at the age of 27, bringing out the industry’s first-ever rear attached lens converter, craved by most photo enthusiasts at that time. The company changed the … [Read more...]