Posted on Friday, April 06 2007 @ 9:21 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
A report from the IDC shows Canon was world's biggest seller of digital cameras in 2006.
Tokyo-based Canon shipped 19.7 million digital cameras in 2006, accounting for 18.7 percent of the overall market. Canon's shipments jumped 23.3 percent from 2005, IDC said.
Industrywide digital camera shipments in 2006 rose 14.5 percent to 106 million units from a year earlier, driven by the strong popularity of single-lens reflex (DSLR) models geared for photo enthusiasts and professionals and growing demand in emerging markets, IDC said.
DSLR shipments grew 39 percent to 5 million units last year.
Sony Corp. was No. 2 in the market with a 15.8 percent share, up from 15.2 percent in 2005, benefiting from its entry into the DSLR market, IDC said.
Source:
Reuters.
