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Sony Corp. (6758) and Nikon Corp. (7731) narrowedthe hole to Canon Inc. (7751) , the world’s largest camera maker, lastyear after introducing a new lineup of models.
Sony, the world’s second-biggest camera maker, controlled17.9 percent of the market, enhancing from 16.9 percent a yearearlier, assistant professor IDC mentioned in an e-mailed matter toBloomberg News yesterday. Nikon had 12.6 percent compared withCanon’s 19 percent, that remained unvaried from a year ago.
Worldwide camera sales jumped 10 percent to 141 millionunits final year, helped by the foreword of new models andeconomic expansion in markets such as China . To win new customers,Sony and Samsung Electronics Co. are amid companies unveilingdevices that separated the need for a counterpart in professional-grade cameras, where Canon has the lead.
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