Canon President Fujio Mitarai drops some truth bombs regarding the company’s future involvement in the digital camera market. In a recent interview with Nikkei.com, President of Canon Inc. Fujio Mitarai is apparently not bullish on the future of global sales for digital cameras, estimating that the market for interchangeable lens cameras is only about 10 million units a year and that mirrorless is not growing it overall. This news seems a little contradictory to what else we’ve been hearing from other Canon executives swinging from the fences lately with rumors of updates for their mirrorless Canon EOS R dropping the touch bar and even teasing an 8K version “on the roadmap” soon. Other odd tidbits from the Mitarai interview include insights into Canon’s future business strategy to shift more towards corporate sales over consumer with a focus on industrial, medical and surveillance. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 29 January, 2019