Tag: Camera industry
Snapshot of the Camera Industry, 2017: LensVid
Las Vegas, NV—This is the fifth year that LensVid has monitored the photography industry via its community website. This year, after almost an entire...
DIR March 2016 Editor’s Note
To say it’s been a great month for new products is an understatement. In just the last five weeks or so, we’ve seen breakthrough...
Contour Reenters POV Action Camera Market with New Ownership
Provo, UT—Contour, a pioneer in the action sports camera industry, is now under new ownership and is again a contender in the point-of-view (POV)...
DIR April 2014 Editor’s Note: Hit ‘Em Where They Ain’t
Around the turn of the century, a future Hall of Fame baseball player, “Wee Willie” Keeler, used to give this simple advice to his...
Strategy Session: We’re No Longer Selling against Ourselves
This is the first issue since our CES wrap-up edition, and we’ve all had some time to reflect on what’s going on in the...
Ray Ohannes, Former CEO of Ricoh Camera, American Div.
Portland, OR—James “Raymond” Ohannes, 82, of Mount Kisco, New York, died August 5, 2013 at Maine Medical Center, with both sons by his side....
The Digital Ecosystem: Building a Better Camera to Compete with Smartphones
Last time we discussed the overall imaging ecosystem, the switch from film to electronic sensors and digital imaging, and the advent of mobile imaging....
Selective Focus: Learning the Lessons of Smartphone Cameras
At photokina, the market analysts were well prepared with charts and figures showing the rapid ascension of the smartphone in the camera space. Sorting...
Clique Q&A with Bert Keppler
Unless you’ve been living in a cave the last 20 years, you have undoubtedly had at least one imaging industry conversation with Herbert Keppler....
