Olympus has stated that it received capital alliance offers from Fujifilm Holdings, Sony Corp. and Terumo Co. through its financial advisor. The company is said to reach a decision at the general shareholders’ meeting slated later in June, whether to form a tie-up or going its own way. The company expects double-digit gains in revenue and operational profit for the 2011/12 … [Read more...]

Just as Instagram looked to expand its ambitions as a mobile photo sharing network, it has been bought by Facebook for $1bn. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company need to be conscious about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features, rather than just trying to integrate it into Facebook. He stresses on the importance of growing the service … [Read more...]

Priyanka Chopra along with Nikon spokespeople at the latest COOLPIX collection for Spring Summer 2012. Nikon India announced the launch of its latest COOLPIX collection for Spring Summer 2012 that combines affordability and convenience with performance and versatility. The intriguing 13 new models put together with the existing 6, takes the COOLPIX range to a total of 19 … [Read more...]

Fujifilm’s all new long-zoom camera – FinePix JZ100 -- takes stunning images of distant objects. With the new JZ100 users can set specific scene-based modes suiting the subject you are photographing or even experiment with its advanced features, like Motion Panorama, a new feature for shooting and playback of seamless 360° view by simply pressing the shutter button and slowly … [Read more...]

Nikon’s Thai digital camera plant, which was damaged by huge floods last autumn, has come back to the pre-flood level, according to the industry sources. The company has operated camera assembly in Thailand for over 20 years since 1990, and has built up favourable relationship among local component suppliers. Those companies offered help in assembling cameras in place of … [Read more...]