The new Kodak 5MP unit with 10x optical zoom (DX6490, I think) looks to be a
very nice piece of equipment. I have not put it through any paces, but I was
impressed enough that the thought of getting one rather than an equivalent
actually entered my mind. Someone slap me, please.
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On 1/3/2004 at 12:09 PM Joe Gwinn wrote:
>On page 46 of the 3 January 2003 issue of The Economist there appears an
>article titled "Has Kodak missed the moment?". Basically, the article
>says that film is dying faster than Kodak expected, with the usual
>back-and-forth on the future of Kodak and photography. Kodak is buying
>and developing all manner of digital imaging businesses, but I think that
>it's far too soon to tell if they will pull off the transition away from
>silver. At least they are trying.
>
>Anyway, for me the most interesting thing in the article was a table
>giving sales of digital camera in the US for the fourth quarter of 2003,
>broken out by company:
>
>Name Units MktShare Growth from 02Q3
>Sony 800k 22.4% 11.1%
>Kodak 625k 17.5% 66.7%
>Canon 550K 15.4% 83.3%
>Olympus 414k 11.6% 13.8%
>Nikon 340k 9.5% 58.1%
>FujiFilm 270k 7.5% -3.6%
>HP 245k 6.8% 113.0%
>Other 334k 9.3% -85.6%
>
>Total 3,578k 100% 39.2%
>
>So, in 3Q 2003, a total of 3.578 million digital cameras were slod in the
>US, or about 14 million a year, and the overall digital camera market is
>growing by about 40% per year. Kodak is the real comer, but Olympus isn't
>doing so badly.
>
>Joe Gwinn
>
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