Camera makers fight back: Counting on mirrorless cameras

Companies at Japan's CP+ imaging show are counting on mirrorless cameras - lighter and less bulky than DSLRs, with richer colours and better bokeh than smartphones - to revive the declining camera industry

(Above) Visitors to the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, checking and trying photographic equipment on the show floor.
(Above) Visitors to the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, checking and trying photographic equipment on the show floor. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Visitors to the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, checking and trying photographic equipment on the show floor (above) .
Visitors to the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, checking and trying photographic equipment on the show floor (above) . PHOTO: TREVOR TAN
Visitors to the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama (above), Japan, checking and trying photographic equipment on the show floor.
Visitors to the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama (above), Japan, checking and trying photographic equipment on the show floor. PHOTO: TREVOR TAN
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Mar 6, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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Smartphones may have great cameras but traditional camera makers are fighting back.

Following the flurry of 5G, foldable and multi-camera smartphone announcements at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona last month, participants at the annual CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, last week said they would pull out all the stops to develop mirrorless cameras - the bright spark for traditional cameras with changeable lenses.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 06, 2019, with the headline 'Camera makers fight back'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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