Nikon is seeking an injunction against Sigma, as well as £96.4m in damages, for the alleged patent infringement of its Vibration Reduction technology used in its interchangeable lenses According to Reuters, Nikon is seeking up to ¥12.6 billion, equivalent to $154m or £94.6m, in damages.Nikon adds that it tried to resolve the issue through negotiation, to no avail. The … [Read more...]

Fujifilm has set up plans to launch a pair of new high-end compact D-cams that fall in the price range between the flagship FinePix X100 that sells for around 130K yen (US$1,600), and popular models that sell for 10K to 50K yen (US$120 to US$620), by the end of the year. … [Read more...]

Sony has delivered an integrated ‘Augmented Reality (‘AR’) technology’ called “Smart AR”. When capturing visuals through a camera on a device such as a smartphone, the technology enables additional information to be displayed on the device’s screens such as virtual objects, or images and texts that cannot be identified by visual perception alone.The technology employs the … [Read more...]

Nikon Corp. reported a net profit of 27.3 billion yen (US$341.2 million) for its FY10/11 that ended on March 31st. This is in comparison to the net loss of 12.6 billion yen (US$157.5 million) reported in the previous fiscal year, owing to the shrink in the global demand for microchips and display panel production equipment. The operating profit was 54 billion yen (US$675 … [Read more...]

Worldwide digital still camera shipments rose 10 percent to 141 million units in 2010 due to the introduction of new improved models and rising economic growth in emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil, according to IDC research. The figures for the year are as follows: … [Read more...]