Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras On the Way Out

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Daisuke Wakabayashi, 卡片相机面临存亡关头. 华尔街日报中文版, July 31, 2013
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20130731/tec071803.asp?source=UpFeature


, which is translated from

Daisuke Wakabayashi, The Point-and-Shoot Is Down and Out; After long slide, the camera faces its existential moment; smartphones rule. Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2013.
http://online.barrons.com/articl ... _nonsub_marketplace

Quote:

"The compact digital camera is fading fast. As global shipments plummet—down 42% in the first five months of 2013, according to the Camera and Imaging Products Association, a Tokyo-based industry group

"The global digital camera market may shrink to as little as 102 million units this year, compared with a peak of about 144 million in 2010, according to research firm IDC. This comes as the number of photos being snapped is soaring exponentially

"The biggest declines have been in the [cheap] point-and-shoot segment[, which is replaced by smartphones or tablets which doubles as cameras--so camera makers push high-end digital cameras such as mirrorless camera and SLR]

My comment:
(a) I tried wsj.com, which required registration, so I give you the URL from Barron's, a subsidiary of Dow Jones. There is no graphic, though, which is supplied in 华尔街日报中文版.
(b) The issue is critical for Taiwan's tech sector, which for years has been a contractor for Japanese name brands of cameras. Taiwan noticed that its orders from Japan flagged.
(c) "Olympus President Hiroyuki SASA"    (オリンパス株式会社 社長) 笹 宏行
(d) "Mitsuo MATSUDAIRA, an executive who sets the strategy for Canon's compact cameras"
キヤノン株式会社 松平 光生
(e) "Shigenobu Nagamori, Nidec's chief executive"
(i) Nidec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidec
(日本電産株式会社 NIhon DEnsan Kabushikigaisha)
(ii) formal name in English: Nidec Corp; founded in 1972 by Shigenobu NAGAMORI 永守 重信 (1944-; who remains the CEO); headquarters  Kyoto.