Nikon India announced the launch of the new Speedlight SB-500. It is compact, portable and lightweight. The SB-500 runs on AA-size batteries. It also packs a highperformance LED light, making it ideal for recording video in the dark, or to provide additional natural light for close-up still shooting. The Speedlight SB-500 weighs 273g (with batteries). The flash head tilts up … [Read more...]

Ricoh Imaging Co. announced that it will launch a new compact lightweight D-SLR camera, the Pentax K-S1, from late September. The camera features a userfriendly interface to attract midlevel customers who are used to a mobile interface and is looking for something similar in a D-SLR. Operation is carried out with a back-lit LED selection dial, four-way navigation and a 3-inch … [Read more...]

According to a market research company, BCN, Canon grabbed the No.1 share for the first 7 months of 2014 by 4.15% as compared to the 38.7% taken by Epson, which had occupied the top spot for four years. Introducing these new products, Canon aims to get the top share for the whole year. Brother Industries is trying to catch up, with a 13.5% share for this period. Shipments in … [Read more...]

Nikon Corp. announced that sales dropped by 26% year-on-year to 177.4 billion Yen (US$1.739 billion) for the first quarter of 2014, ending on June 30. Operating profit plunged by 42% to 3.5 billion Yen (US$34.3 million), while net profit shrank by 17% to 3.6 billion Yen (US$35.3 million). The company attributed the poor performance to sluggish sales of digital cameras and … [Read more...]

Olympus Corp. announced a net profit of 8.1 billion Yen for the April-June 2014 period, a record high for this particular quarter. For the same period in 2013, the company had suffered a loss of 1.8 billion Yen. Sales rose 5% year-on-year to 167 billion Yen, and operating profit went up by 84% to 15 billion Yen. A good performance by the Medical business pushed up sales and … [Read more...]