
Canon released their 2019 Q2 financial results and they are not good – net sales are down 18.5%, profit is down 64.05% compared to Q2/2018: The projections for the entire financial year are also grim:

Olympus published its latest financial results for the fiscal year ended on March 31st, 2019. Here are the details for the Imaging Business: revenue: – 19% mirrorless: -23% compacts: -18% other (?): +14% operating loss: ¥17.1 billion (around $157 million) The forecast for fiscal 2020 doesn’t look much better – the Imagin Business is expected […]

If you are curious about how camera companies are doing financially – the short answer is not good: Nikon – all previous forecasts were slashed. Sony sees unit sales of all major hardware products failing in coming years. Canon: Canon expects its annual operating profit to drop for the first time in three years. Fuji: Instax is doing well, […]

Sony released their FY2018 Q3 financial reports (the camera trend is the blue bar in the graph above): Sony reports lower image sensor sales, reduces forecast (Image Sensor World) New Sony CEO to detail shift away from gadgets in mid-term plan: company sees unit sales of all hardware products falling (Bloomberg) Why Sony stock just […]