Canon Eclipses Sony in 2004...Where's Nikon?

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According to
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech [...] index.html
Canon sales were number one in 2004:

"The top five worldwide market leaders in digital camera sales in 2004 are,
in rank order, Canon Inc., Sony Corp., Olympus Corp., Eastman Kodak Co. and
Fuji Photo Film Co., the firm said."

What happened to Nikon???

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"bmoag" <apquilts@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> How many of the components in these cameras were actually made by Sony or
> licensed from Sony? You would be surprised at the answer.

OK.
I'll bite...Surprise me.

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"Siddhartha Jain" <losttoy2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> bmoag wrote:
> > How many of the components in these cameras were actually made by
> Sony or
> > licensed from Sony? You would be surprised at the answer.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong but Canon manufactures its own sensors, Kodak
> does it own, Olympus 4/3rd is powered by Kodak, Panasonic does it own
> and Fuji does it own. Yes, Nikon uses Sony CCDs.
>
> - Siddhartha
>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Canon may use some Sony or other
sensors in some of their point and shoot compacts. I believe Nikon jointly
developed the JFET LBCAST sensor with another company (Sony?).
John

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In article <sZKdnROgIMBWNFjcRVn-hQ@comcast.com>,
xxpaulhtck@zzcomcast.yycom says...
> I suspect it's merely units sold, since Nikon wasn't in the list.

They sure sold a ton of D70s. You'd at least think that would help get
them in the top 5.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

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Paul H. wrote:
> What a poor job of reporting: The article doesn't say whether its
"market
> leader" criterion applies to dollars earned or units sold. If it's
just
> units sold, then the statitistic is skewed to favor those companies
who
> produce mass-market, low-priced, technology-lagging cameras and thus
says
> nothing about the industry or its trends. Indeed, in a recent
article a
> Kodak spokesman announced that its company waits to see if a market
is going
> to develop before jumping in. That's not the sort of innovation
which
> drives the industry.
>
> I suspect it's merely units sold, since Nikon wasn't in the list.

Also, I wonder if they counted the number or value of phone cameras
sold. Now, THAT would've been interesting.

- Siddhartha