Sony : An Arising Giant

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exactly... so why does Canon still uses Sony sensors on some of their cameras?

Canon does NOT make the CCD sensors on their compact cameras.

However, for DSLRs, Canon uses their own CMOS sensors.

Sony makes CMOS sensors too, just not supplied to Canon. They are currently used in the Sony R1 and Nikon D2X cameras. Canon will not use Sony CMOS sensors because Canon has better technology at the moment.

 

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Remind u that Sony was, and probably is, the No.1 digicam manufacturer. More people use compact cameras instead of DSLR.

The No. 1 digicam manufacturer in terms of sales is currently Canon, not Sony. Sony is second and Kodak third.

 

[Zenten]

The No. 1 digicam manufacturer in terms of sales is currently Canon, not Sony. Sony is second and Kodak third.

Yawn ...........

 

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Yawn ...........

You canon user also yawn???
Actually I was thinking more like Nokia, since they are world no.1 mobile phone seller and they sell so many camera phone :sweat:

 

[satay16]

The No. 1 digicam manufacturer in terms of sales is currently Canon, not Sony. Sony is second and Kodak third.

yeah.... yawn.

 

[satay16]

You canon user also yawn???
Actually I was thinking more like Nokia, since they are world no.1 mobile phone seller and they sell so many camera phone :sweat:

btw, indeed some truth you have there.

From thewirelessreport:"
In a sign o' the times, Nokia last year shipped 100 million cameraphones to the world - upping itself to the world's largest camera manufacturer (or marketer, I guess) - surpassing perennial leaders Canon and Sony, as our friends at Engadget recently reported. Of course, Sony and Canon's high-end consumer and prosumer digital cameras have nothing to fear from the low-end, crap-vision cellphone camera crowd right? As more megapixels and higher-end optics make their way into mid-range and high-end cameraphones, you never know."

 

[satay16]

The No. 1 digicam manufacturer in terms of sales is currently Canon, not Sony. Sony is second and Kodak third.

sales revenue, quantity produced, quantity sold, market share, profits, blah blah blah all different with each company.

Sony is the world's largest digital camera maker, and Canon is the second largest.