Panasonic has achieved some very impressive results for the fiscal year in 2007 ending 31st March. As shown in the diagram, digital camera sales were up a massive 155% or 200.7 billion yen.
I believe they have built up their position in digital cameras from scratch by being technologically innovative, distinctive in design, trustworthy in long [...]

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 [...]

Panasonic has just announced the successor to the popular LUMIX DMC FZ30 with the Fz-50. The new LUMIX DMC FZ50 has a 10.1 mega pixels sensor and includes Panasonic’s revolutionary Intelligent ISO Control technology which compensates for subject movement to decrease image blurriness – an industry first. In addition, the ISO range has improved with [...]

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 [...]

Did you know that DSLR camera have an expected shutter-life on their camera? This is the number of times the shutter is activated (actuations) before the mechanism fails. Although it is not an absolute figure, it does exit.
You see, on a good days shooting, a normal film SLR camera could use up 10 rolls [...]

Panasonic (otherwise known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co) says it would launch its first DSLR camera in July 2006. This will really spark competition as Sony will also be releasing their first DSLR called the Alpha around the same time. Both are aiming to chip away market share from the two dominant players, Nikon at [...]

The joint venture between Olympus Corporation (Olympus) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) has resulted in the joint development of a DSLR camera that complies with the Four Thirds System standard for interchangeable-lens-type digital SLR cameras. Olympus has already released the Evolt 330 whilst Panasonic has just announced the LUMIX DMC-L1.
Panasonic claims the [...]