Looks like Olympus will be joining Canon and Nikon by releasing their new DSLR this year. This time it’s the new professional 10 mega pixels Olympus E-3 due to be announced on the 17th October 2007. The new swivel LCD screen looks great. The E-3 replaces the ageing Olympus E-1 announced in 2003.
So far, the [...]

Here is an interesting article from www.asahi.com about Nikon surpassing Canon with a larger market share in Digital SLR cameras within Japan during January to June 2007. This came about by a strong push mainly with the release of the Nikon D40.
It is interesting to see how strong Nikon is these days and it must [...]

It looks like the Olympus E-1 replacement called the E-p1 is going to be a beauty. Yes the rumors are true and judging from the leaked pdf file, it seems they are gearing up their sales team to target the flaws of the Canon 30D and the Nikon D200. They seem to have done their [...]

Here are some interesting facts for 2006 for digital cameras. According to Reuters, Canon has topped the market share in global digital camera shipments in 2006, however South Korea’s Samsung Electronics jumped up the ranks to 5th place from 9th a year ago. Nikon is ranked 6th in the world.
Tokyo-based Canon shipped 19.7 million digital [...]

According to the latest report by BCN which is market research firm constantly monitoring POS data from 2,680 stores operated by 23 contracted major retailing companies. Nikon has the number 1 market share in Japan.
Nikon has claimed 47% of the DSLR market in Japan during December 2006. The increased market share was attributed to [...]

Olympus has been busy this year with the announcement of seven different cameras.
They are as follows:
FE 210 – A 7.1 mega pixel, 3x optical zoom, 2.5 inch LCD screen and an ISO of up to 640
FE230 – A 7.1 mega pixel, 3x optical zoom, 2.5 inch LCD screen and an ISO of up to [...]

Olympus has announced the release of their smallest 10 megapixel DSLR camera, the E-400. Shown below is a side by side comparison of the size between the E-400 and the E-330. As with all E-System cameras, the E-400 is protected by a Supersonic Wave Filter which prevents dust and dirt from sticking to the CCD.
The [...]

According to Bloomberg, Sony Corporation has taken more than a fifth of Japan’s digital single-lens reflex camera market in its debut month. Considering that the only other 10 megapixel DSLR on the market within the same range was the more expensive Nikon D200, I’m not surprised.
What will be interesting is if the Sony Alpha [...]

It looks like the Olympus E-1 replacement is getting closer and closer by the moment. As expected, the confirmed named is the Olympus E-3 as indicated through a search in the US Patent and Trademark site for the term E-3. Interestingly an extension to the trademark has been applied for on the 27th June 06.

According to Reuters, Nikon has exceeded expectation by boosting shipments of Digital SLR cameras by about 35 percent year-on-year in April and May 2006. This puts Nikon on track to beat its annual estimate.
The Nikon’s factory in Thailand, which produces the popular Nikon D50, D70s and D200 digital SLR models, is running at full capacity [...]