Foxconn, Chicony may be affected by Cisco discontinuing Flip

Apr 14, 01:20

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Chicony Electronics, which are the OEM partners for the Flip video camera, may see their orders affected if Cisco decides to discontinue...

Taiwan market: Sony to launch J10 Cyber-shot camera

Apr 13, 14:57

Sony on April 13 announced the launch of the J10 Cyber-shot series digital camera in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$6,980 (US$239), according to Sony Taiwan.

DSC chassis makers AVY and Donpon expected to see growth in 2Q11 revenues

Apr 12, 14:01

Taiwan-based digital camera chassis makers AVY Precision and Donpon Precision expect their shipments in the second quarter to grow sequentially as new camera models will start mass...

Taiwan market: Canon unveils EOS 1100D

Apr 12, 11:16

Canon unveiled its DSLR camera, the EOS 1100D, and three IXUS series DSCs, the 310HS, 220HS and 115HS, at the Taipei Spring Computer Exhibition taking place during April 7-11 for...

Taiwan market: Sony launches Cybershot digital camera TX100V

Apr 6, 11:34

Sony has launched a new Cybershot digital camera model, the TX100V, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$13,980 (US$474).

Taiwan market: Gray import digital cameras seeing increase in price

Mar 22, 01:20

Gray import digital cameras in Taiwan have seen their prices increasing as channel retailers concerned that the Japan's earthquake could cause the digital camera industry to see supply...

Japan earthquake: Taiwan digital camera industry to see limited short-term impact

Mar 17, 01:55

Taiwan-based digital camera makers Altek and Ability, in response to Japan's earthquake, pointed out that they have already confirmed with their Japan-based upstream CCD suppliers...

Ability Enterprise sees slight growth in February revenues

Mar 8, 02:25

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Ability Enterprise has announced revenues of NT$2.78 billion (US$94.74 million), up slightly 1.96% on month, while combined revenues from the first...

Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 600D DSLR camera

Mar 4, 11:58

Canon on March 3 unveiled its EOS 600D DSLR camera for immediate launch in the Taiwan market.

Digital camera market turning to CMOS sensors

Mar 2, 11:17

Shipments of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for digital still cameras (DSCs) are set for rapid growth over the next three years, allowing them to exceed...

Largan, Genius Electronic to expand capacities in expectation of orders for tablet PC camera modules

Mar 2, 01:45

Taiwan-based makers Largan Precision and Genius Electronic Optical expect growing global demand for tablet PCs to bring orders for camera modules, and therefore will invest at least...

Young Optics to focus on improving pico projector brightness in 2011

Feb 23, 01:15

With its pico projector modules reaching the height of the camera module for iPhone, optical module and component maker Young Optics will turn its focus on improving brightness as...

Ju Teng DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011

Feb 22, 01:30

Digital camera chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is expected to see its DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011 and the company will also have...

Lite-On Technology aims to reach monthly shipments of 18-20 million phone camera modules in 1H12

Feb 22, 01:05

Lite-On Technology, a Taiwan-based EMS provider, expects fast growing shipments of phone cameras to reach a monthly volume of 18-20 million units in the first half of 2012, with a...

Digital camera chassis makers to see shipment growth more so than profit growth

Feb 15, 01:55

Digital camera chassis makers will see their shipment volume increase in 2011 benefiting by Japan-based digital camera vendors releasing production to their Taiwan-based OEMs; however,...

Optical lens makers to see revenue contributions from tablet PCs in 2Q11

Feb 10, 01:55

Taiwan-based optical lens makers Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Newmax Technology will start seeing revenue contributions from tablet PC products in the second quarter...

Lite-On Semi posts flat growth in January consolidated revenues

Feb 9, 13:53

Lite-On Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$720 million (US$25 million) for January 2011, almost flat from NT$717 million in December. The figure showed a 15% decline...

Asia Optical to set up digital camera factory in Brazil

Feb 9, 10:32

Asia Optical plans to establish a digital camera plant in Brazil to tap the Latin America market, according to the company.

Digital camera maker Altek sees 2010 shipments, revenues hit records, gross margins drop

Jan 28, 12:09

Altek, a Taiwan-based digital camera ODM, saw historically highest annual shipments and consolidated revenues in 2010 but the corresponding gross margin of 9.38% decreased 6.79pp...

Taiwan market: BenQ launches digital camera S1420

Jan 27, 12:27

BenQ has launched its new digital camera model, S1420, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$5,490 (US$187).

Optical lens makers see hard times raising product prices

Jan 20, 02:05

Taiwan-based optical lens makers including Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical are facing dropping gross margins because of Taiwan's rising exchange rate;...

Largan expects 8-megapixel to become mainstream resolution for handset cameras in 2H11

Jan 18, 02:20

Taiwan-based lens kit maker Largan Precision forecasts that 8-megapixels will become the mainstream resolution for handset cameras in the second half of 2011.

Taiwan upstream supply chain to benefit from increasing Canon DSLR orders

Jan 11, 02:10

Taiwan-based glass lens maker Kinko Optical, benefiting from increasing Canon DSLR camera orders, is expected to see its glass lens shipments in 2011 increasing 16.45% on year to...

Newmax to have 70-75% of 4Q10 revenues from Kinect camera modules

Dec 31, 11:32

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology will see its shipments of camera modules used in Microsoft Kinect sensors account for 70-75% of its revenues in the fourth quarter...

Consumer demand for 3D digital cameras expected to rise in 2011

Dec 30, 01:55

Although digital camera vendors such as Fujifilm, Sony and Panasonic have all launched models that support 3D image capture and are pushing them in high-end markets, sources from...

Taiwan market: Sony sees market share rise in ILC market in 2010

Dec 28, 02:15

As consumer demand in Taiwan is shifting quickly toward interchangeable-lens camera (ILC), which include both DSLR and mirrorless models, the second-largest player Sony is expected...

Taiwan market: Digital camera sales up, product structure changed in 2010, says Canon Taiwan

Dec 22, 10:24

An estimated 1.21 million digital cameras of all types were sold in the Taiwan market in 2010, increasing by 8% from 2009, but the proportion for easy-to-use (completely automatic...

AVY Precision sees sharp on-month drop, but strong on-year growth in November revenues

Dec 9, 14:19

Digital camera chassis maker AVY Precision has announced November 2010 revenues of NT$173 million (US$5.73 million), down 60.4% on month, but up 55.94% on year, with combined revenues...

Lite-On Semi reports revenue drop for November

Dec 7, 01:35

Lite-On Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$760 million (US$25 million) for November 2010, down 3.1% on month and 13.7% on year. The company attributed the sales...

Taiwan market: Sony surpasses Nikon in ILC market

Dec 2, 02:00

Nikon has seen its share in Taiwan's interchangeable-lens camera market including mirrorless and DSLR models, in the first ten months of 2010 drop to 20-25% from 40% in the past,...

Second-tier brands may step out of China digital camera market

Nov 23, 01:50

The fierce competition in China's digital camera market may cause second-tier brands such as Casio, Kodak, Olympus and Pentax to gradually step out of the market as their market share...

Digital camera makers balancing rising costs by expanding shipment scale

Nov 4, 01:55

As the ASP of digital cameras is dropping, while related costs are rising, and Taiwan-based digital camera makers are receiving more orders from Japan-based vendors, the increased...

Taiwan market: BenQ launches camcorders S11, S21, digital camera T1460

Nov 3, 11:26

Taiwan-based vendor BenQ on November 2 debuted two digital camcorders, the S11 and S21, and a digital camera, the T1460, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market.

Newmax to ship 14 million camera modules for Kinect sensors in 2010, say sources

Oct 28, 14:20

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology has become the only supplier of camera modules used in Microsoft Kinect sensors and will ship as many as 14 million units of these...