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Forecast: 131 million digital cameras to ship in 2011

The camera market will grow 7.8 percent to 131 million units from 2010 to 2011, the Camera and Imaging Products Association forecast today.

As has been the case for some years, cameras with interchangeable lenses are a smaller but faster-growing market. That segment--which now includes compact mirrorless models from Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and Olympus that are smaller than traditional SLR cameras--should grow 20.2 percent to 15.5 million units in 2011, CIPA forecast.

Cameras with built-in lenses, a much broader market but one in more danger of losses to the growing use of phones for photography, should grow … Read more

Forecast: SLR growth rate to taper off

LAS VEGAS--Digital SLRs showed strong growth last year, but the sales surge will begin to moderate, according to a new report by the Camera and Imaging Products Association.

SLR cameras are bulky and expensive, yet they're also responsive, work better in dim conditions, and are flexible because photographers can change lenses. Year-over-year sales of digital SLRs grew 42 percent to 7.5 million units worldwide in 2007, CIPA said this week.

By contrast, the SLR growth rate will dip to 22 percent in 2008, 13 percent in 2009, and 9 percent in 2010, the CIPA predicted. That corresponds to … Read more