Building on the success of FinePix F600, Fujifilm India Pvt. Ltd., announced the launch of the FinePix F660 EXR, a low light, digital zoom compact camera. The F660 features a 1/2-inch Type, 16 mega-pixel EXR CMOS sensor. It also features a 15x optical zoom. The camera is priced at Rs.18,999.“The FinePix F660EXR’s brilliance is not limited to still photography; the camera … [Read more...]

Mr. Masaru Tamagawa, MD Sony India, at the Cybershot press  conferenceSony India reinforces its No.1 position in the digital still camera market with an aim to capture a very dominant 45% share in the FY12. Sony India witnessed a tremendous growth rate of 45% in FY11, beating the industry growth rate of 40% , and is therefore very confident of achieving this market share. … [Read more...]

Canon announced that its group net profit for the first quarter (Jan-March) of the current fiscal year rose 11% to 61.5 billion yen (US768.8 M) on slightly declined sales of 829.2 billion yen (UD$10.36 B). Operating profit gained a 0.2% to 82.6 billion yen (US$1.03 B). In addition, a fall in the selling price of compact D-cams resulted in losing profit of 12.3 billion yen. … [Read more...]

Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo announced a worldwide increase in the prices of its photographic films. While the exact increases will vary depending on products, markets and regions, they are expected to be in the double-digit price range. Effective from May 2012, the new pricing policy applies to Fujifilm colour negative film, colour reversal, and black and white films, as … [Read more...]

Leica recently released the X2, a 16 megapixel APS-C compact camera with a fixed 36mm equivalent F2.8 lens. The camera is a variation of its predecessor, the X1, with the biggest change being the use of a 16.2MP CMOS sensor and the addition of an accessory socket for an optional 1.44M dot ‘Viso-Flex’ electronic viewfinder. Leica says it has improved the autofocus system … [Read more...]