The number of digital cameras shipped by manufacturers in any one year has, for the first time, broken through the 100m barrier, according to Japanese industry figures.<\/p>\n
Statistics show that 100.37m units were shipped during 2007 – a 27.1% rise on the previous year, according to the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA).<\/p>\n
This increase was due to a far higher than expected growth in shipments of digital SLRs worldwide and a rise in shipments of compacts to areas such as North America and Asia.<\/p>\n
CIPA predicts a 22.3% growth in DSLR sales in 2008, more than double the growth rate of digital compact shipments which are forecast to rise by 10.7%.<\/p>\n
Demand for DSLRs continues to fuel the market for interchangeable lenses whose unit shipments shot up 43% in volume terms compared to the 2006 figure. Total unit sales of lenses in 2007 hit 12.51m.<\/p>\n
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