Kenko-Tokina has bought French filter maker Cokin. Cokin’s parent company went into administration in November 2010, with supplies of the company’s products becomingly increasingly scarce. The Japanese lens and accessory maker stated that they would retain the square filter specialist as an independent company, rather than just utilizing the well-recognized brand-name. With … [Read more...]

To raise its D-SLR camera output capacity in the Taiwanese production base, Taiwan Canon, has planned a new factory in the region. The new factory will be set up about 90km south of the city of Taichung. With a total area of roughly 70,000 square meters, the factory is expected to launch operations in July next year. The new factory will be built by investing approximately … [Read more...]

Ricoh Co. announced that it will buy the Pentax-brand digital camera business of HOYA Corp.in October. Ricoh will take full control of the optical division of HOYA including its manufacturing subsidiary in Vietnam, along with the employees. While expanding the camera business, it will also transfer its own camera business to the new company. This new set-up is expected to … [Read more...]

The total turnover is indicative of the huge amounts of money that these companies can spend on R & D. For the uninformed, Hon Hai is the largest contract manufacturer of cameras and primary supplier to Sony. Panasonic currently  includes Sanyo, which it acquired last year. … [Read more...]

Kodak Creative Production Software CPS V5.0 is a system-agnostic workflow software that enables making products like photo books, postcards and two sided-cards for personalized calendars and collages. The software is available globally, and in 11 languages. The enhancements in Kodak CPS V5.0 revolves around the new ways consumers capture and share their photos. Customers … [Read more...]