Digital Camera World Wednesday August 13, 2025
Retail analyst BNC has published its latest market share report for the Japanese market, covering the first half of 2025, The new report shows a notable shift in brand dominance, notes Digital Camera World, with no Nikon and no GoPro in the leading spots. Kodak takes top spot in the Fixed Lens Digital Camera category with a 21-percent market share. Canon owns the DSLR category with a 46.8-percent share. And Sony wins the Mirrorless category with a 30.4-percent share.
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DAZED Wednesday August 13, 2025
Daido Moriyama, who turns 87 this year, is known for the radical off-kilter style emblematic of the generation of Japanese photographers who wanted to free photography from its constraints in the wake of World War II. Now, notes Dazed, a new tome from Thames & Hudson, titled Quartet, presents four early titles by Moriyama in the structure of a musical composition. Moriyama's books represented the formation of “a visual language that was uniquely his own,” says the new book’s editor, Mark Holborn.
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Reuters Wednesday August 13, 2025
President Donald Trump said last week that the US will impose a tariff of about 100% on imports of semiconductors but offered up a big exemption—the tariff will not apply to companies that are manufacturing in the U.S. or have committed to do so. His remarks were made in tandem with an announcement that Apple would be investing an additional $100 billion in the US, notes Reuters. “One key question looms the largest for the camera industry: will the 100% semiconductor tariff apply only to semiconductor parts, or will the tariff include any completed product shipped that has a semiconductor inside?” notes Digital Camera World.
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CNN Wednesday August 13, 2025
Eastman Kodak, the iconic 133-year-old photography company, is warning investors thats it might not survive much longer, notes CNN. In its earnings report Monday, the company warned that it doesn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to pay its roughly $500 million in upcoming debt obligations. “These conditions raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,” Kodak said in a filing. Kodak aims to conjure up cash by ceasing payments for its retirement pension plan, adds CNN.
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