Digital Camera Sales on the Rise; Film Cameras Almost Obsolete; Camera Bags Always Needed
The camera business is being transformed as digital photography becomes a mainstream hobby for everyone from students to grandmas. Digital cameras now have as much in common with consumer electronic devices as they do with film-based cameras. This means digital cameras are no longer the exclusive preserve of the traditional camera makers. New players are entering the market with the switch to digital cameras. Approximately 75 percent of all global sales of digital cameras come from the top leaders in digital camera manufacturing which are Olympus, Canon, Nikon, Kodak and Sony. But this lineup is unpredictable and the competition coming from not only the consumer-electronic giants, but also computer manufacturers like Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
