Jason Dunn
05-14-2004, 10:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040513/tc_nm/tech_digitalcameras_dc' target='_blank'>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040513/tc_nm/tech_digitalcameras_dc</a><br /><br /></div>"Global shipments of digital cameras, driven by enthusiasm over the film-less devices, are expected to climb some 39 percent in 2004 and top 100 million units by 2008, according to an industry report. Digital camera shipments are seen rising to 68.6 million units this year from 47.9 million in 2003, research firm IDC said on Thursday in its Worldwide Digital Still Camera Forecast. Shipments rose 71 percent in 2003 from 2002...Sony Corp led the global digital camera market in 2003, with an 18 percent share of units shipped. Canon Inc. was second at 16 percent share, followed by Olympus Corp. and Eastman Kodak Co."<br /><br />No surprises here - the article goes on to state that there's a showdown brewing between camera phones and entry level cameras, and that vendors are trying to offer more features at the same entry-level price. I'm sure that every country is different in this regard, but I've never had anyone I know take a picture with their phone and try to do anything with it other than email it to someone. The quality is completely lacking for printing, so right now at least, I don't see camera phones competing with entry level cameras. What about in your country? Are people printing their camera phone images?