Nikon Plans to Stop Making Most Cameras That Use Film

Martin Fackler, reporting for The New York Times:

A company spokesman said Nikon made the decision because sales of film cameras have plunged. In the most recent fiscal year ended March 2005, Nikon said that film camera bodies accounted for 3 percent of the 180 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in sales at the company’s camera and imaging division. That is down from 16 percent the previous year.

★ Thursday, 12 January 2006