Taiwan digital camera makers developing MILCs

May 23, 12:13

Taiwan-based digital camera makers Altek, Ability Enterprise and Asia Optical have been developing MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras) and hope to finish product development...

Samsung reducing DSC outsourcing to Taiwan makers

May 22, 01:20

Korea-based Samsung Electronics has recently withdrawn its orders for spring season digital still camera (DSC) models, which were originally placed to Taiwan-based DSC maker Altek...

Shortage of high-end camera lenses may continue throughout 2Q12

May 17, 01:25

Because polished wafers and camera lens production volumes are unable to meet the rising demand for digital still camera (DSC) models with high optical zoom, a shortage of lenses...

Newmax aggressively striving for notebook camera orders

Apr 24, 01:15

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology is aggressive trying to land high quality optical lens orders from ultrabook and notebook players, according to sources from upstream...

Taiwan 1Q12 digital camera shipments hit 12-quarter low, says Digitimes Research

Apr 19, 12:32

Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped a total of 10.948 million digital cameras in first-quarter 2012, hitting the lowest quarterly level since second-quarter...

Taiwan market: Canon to launch digital camera IXUS 125 HS

Apr 5, 11:49

Canon will showcase a new digital camera model, IXUS 125 HS, at Softex Taipei, an annual computer show that takes place during April 6-9, for sale at retail price of NT$8,990 (US$305),...

Panasonic to release more digital camera orders to Taiwan makers

Apr 3, 10:08

Panasonic, which originally produced all its digital cameras in-house, started outsourced production by Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...

Taiwan market: Samsung launches new consumer DSCs; targeting to become the 3rd-largest vendor

Mar 29, 01:05

Samsung Electronics on March 28, launched several new mid-range and high-end consumer digital still cameras in Taiwan, pushing its Smart Camera concept, which connects its DSCs with...

DSLR camera lenses become major shipment force for Kinko Optical

Mar 15, 01:35

With camera brand vendors including Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony aggressively pushing into the DSLR camera and mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) industries, upstream...

Primax may expand camera module capacity in 2H12

Mar 14, 15:15

Taiwan-based maker Primax Electronics, in view of growing shipments of camera modules used in iPhone, iPad and smartphones offered by HTC and Nokia, expanded its monthly production...

Lelon lands new order for car electronics

Mar 6, 01:35

Lelon Electronics' aluminum electrolytic capacitors reportedly have been verified by Japan-based car electronics vendors - a milestone for the Taiwan-based company to break into...

Kodak to phase out camera business

Feb 10, 11:41

Eastman Kodak, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2012, has announced plans to phase out its dedicated capture devices business, which includes digital cameras, pocket video cameras...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q11 digital camera shipments decrease

Jan 17, 11:14

Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped 12.219 million digital cameras in the fourth quarter of 2011, decreasing 21.8% on quarter and...

Lite-On Technology ramping up camera module capacity

Jan 10, 11:18

Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology is expanding its monthly capacity of CCMs (compact camera modules) from 15-16 million units in second-half 2011 to 20 million units in 2012, according...

Panasonic to release more camera orders to Taiwan in 2012-2013

Jan 3, 10:53

Japan-based vendor Panasonic, in order to minimize production cost, began placing orders for its Lumix digital cameras with Taiwan-based makers Ability Enterprise and Foxconn Electronics...

Taiwan camera makers expect Kodak orders to decrease

Jan 3, 10:50

Taiwan-based ODM makers of digital still cameras for Eastman Kodak, viewing that Kodak's global market share is decreasing due to increasing competition from Japan-based vendors such...

Ultrabook demand to trigger birth of thinner CCMs in 2012

Dec 13, 01:40

The thickness of compact camera modules (CCM), to satisfy demand of ultrabooks have a thickness of only 0.7- to 0.8-inch, is expected to shrink down from a standard size of 3-4mm...

Notebooks expected to fully adopt HD quality webcams in 2H12

Dec 8, 01:45

Notebook players are expected to fully adopt high definition (HD) quality webcams into their notebook models in the second half of 2012 as Microsoft launches its Windows 8 and should...

Smartphone component makers penetrate ultrabook supply chain

Nov 22, 01:45

Smartphone component makers including Primax Electronics and Merry Electronics have recently cut into ultrabook supply chain as ultrabook's requirement of featuring 0.7-0.8-inch thickness...

Taiwan market: Thailand floods affect sales of digital camera vendors

Nov 8, 01:45

Digital camera players Nikon, Sony and Canon, impacted by the floods in Thailand, will see their sales performance in Taiwan being impacted.

AzureWave expects ultrabooks to boost thin camera module shipments

Nov 3, 16:34

Taiwan-based AzureWave Technologies is capable of producing E2 FPC (EMI enhanced flexible printing circuit board) compact camera modules of 2.4-2.5mm in thickness for used in slim...

Taiwan market: Leica to launch D-Lux 5 Titanium Special Set digital camera

Nov 2, 16:56

Germany-based Leica Camera AG on November 2 unveiled the D-Lux 5 Titanium Special Set digital camera for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$38,700 (US$1,290),...

Flood in Thailand unlikely to bring more orders to Taiwan ODMs

Oct 18, 01:25

Facing the flood that is impacting their production lines in Thailand, several digital still camera (DSC) brand vendors such as Nikon and Sony are likely to shift back the production...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see decreased digital camera shipments in 4Q11

Oct 17, 10:42

Taiwan's four major digital camera makers will ship 14.415 million units in total in fourth-quarter 2011, falling 13.9% on quarter and 5.1% on year, data collected by Digitimes Research...

Pegatron may see future iPhone 4S orders drop

Oct 6, 01:00

Pegatron Technology, despite already having landed orders for 10 million iPhone 4Ss from Apple, may see its future iPhone 4S order volumes start dropping as consumer demand for the...

Canon starts building second factory in Taiwan

Newswatch - Sep 27, 10:51

Canon Taiwan on September 26 held a groundbreaking ceremony for a factory on a southern Taiwan site of 79,340 square meters, with completion of the NT$4 billion (US$133 million) plant...

Newmax sees dropping camera module shipment due to weak Kinect sales

Sep 27, 01:15

Although Microsoft has been aggressive in pushing its Kinect into non-Xbox 360 platforms, the effects of weakening US and Europe economies have caused a drop in Kinect sales, and...

Sony expects ILC shipments to grow 15-20% on year in 2011

Aug 25, 01:40

Sony expects its interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) shipments to grow 15-20% on year in 2011, helping its share in the global ILC market to surpass 15%.