Nikon announced the D5500, an entrylevel D-SLR that is a replacement to the D5300. It has a 24 MP CMOS sensor with no optical low pass filter and a 3.2-inch Vari-angle touch screen LCD with 1.37 M-dot display. The camera is lighter and smaller than its predecessor. The camera measures 124x97x70mm and weighs about 420g (body only). It off ers the same 1080/60  p video capability … [Read more...]

Manoj Kumar, Executive Vice President and CEO, Ricoh India Ltd, has been appointed as the Chairman of CII Office Automation and Imaging  Industry Division. He took over from Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Executive Vice President, Canon India. Mr. Kumar is going to lead this industry forum under the CII banner. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is an association of Indian … [Read more...]

Canon Inc. is looking to  increase the production from its home country, Japan, from 40% of their overall output to about 60%. “From now on, new copier, camera and printer products will be built at domestic factories and as  they replace older products, the volume of goods made overseas will fall,” a company  spokesperson told Reuters. The weak Yen seems to have spurred this … [Read more...]

Black Rapid Inc., known for their camera straps and other photo accessories, has signed a new partnership with Hakuba Photo Industry Co. Ltd to manage all distribution within the Japanese market, effective from January 15, 2015. The Japanese market is considered critical within the digital imaging industry for the number of leading companies with their global headquarters based … [Read more...]

Kyocera Corp. announced that their net profit for the first half of fiscal 2014 saw a 2% gain to 43.6 billion Yen on sales of 714.3 billion Yen, a record high for the April-September period. The company said sales of component parts for Smartphones increased as their customer base expanded to Chinese Smartphone makers. Sales of multi-functional photocopiers also went … [Read more...]