News services Bloomberg and Reuters have respectively published an article and video offering insight into the compact system camera market, as well as potential mirrorless plans from Canon and Nikon. The meat of the story is to be found in Bloomberg's article, reporting on the Japanese market for interchangeable-lens cameras, where leaders Canon and Nikon have seen a 35% drop in their combined market share according to market research firm BCN Inc. The fast-growing compact system camera market, dominated by Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and Olympus, is said to be responsible for the fall in Canon...
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