Some Camera Brand Quotes and Analysis

As the earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan continue to intensify, domestic life is also beginning to suffer, with the largest impact on ordinary consumers being the memory, flash memory, and camera markets. The previous earthquakes and tsunami have caused damage to many factories. The increase in electricity and the control of road transport have made the situation more severe. Nuclear radiation has even worsened. As we all know, Japan has mastered the technology and production of the core components of digital cameras. This disaster has also seriously affected the camera market. The Shanghai market has also been subjected to more severe tests. The price of many digital cameras has risen. Among them, the influence of supplier relations is more of a factor in the speculation of bad merchants. This article will introduce the latest developments in the recent Shanghai camera market.

First, let's take a look at Canon's latest developments. Previously, Canon had announced that its headquarters in Japan and the subsidiaries and subsidiaries of the Group had suffered no serious damage to the buildings and factories. The Utsunomiya factory had 12 employees who were slightly injured and some factories were temporarily shut down due to power outages. According to the status of Canon in the southern part of the plant and Nikon in the north and Canon’s announcement, it can be seen that the impact of the earthquake on Canon is not great, but the problem is that because of nuclear radiation, it is very difficult and slow for Japanese products to enter Chinese customs, so Canon’s The camera, especially the SLR produced in Japan, has been greatly affected.

Of course, there are human factors other than natural disasters. Now, an online mall gives 5D2 stand-alone price close to 2W. This price is far too ridiculous. At present, the price of Shanghai Pacific Mall stores is only about 18,000 to 18,500. According to the author's understanding, the price of 5D2 in stores in Beijing and other places is similar to that of Shanghai, and even more it is reported that the mall has sold a number of cameras for special price increases.

Other APS-C SLRs have an increase of almost 300-500 yuan from the entry 500D to the flagship 7D. This is basically a reasonable range. In addition, because the card machine is highly competitive and consumers pay more attention to prices, the increase is smaller, but it is also rising.

Next let's take a look at Nikon. Nikon had previously announced that some of the equipment and construction at the Sendai plant had been damaged and that it has temporarily suspended production. The factory is responsible for the production of Nikon's flagship models, including the D3 series of digital SLR and F6 SLR cameras. In addition, Nikon also provided a clearer timetable for the recovery of operations on the English official website: Nikon Sendai Branch is expected to resume operation at the end of this month, while the operation of other affected organizations has resumed.

As Nikon suffered a considerable loss in this earthquake, SLR's stock shortage was quite serious. Nissan's high-end SLR: D700, D3s, D3x all had higher gains, and other Thai-made SLRs basically returned to normal prices. range.

Since the Nikon card machine is basically produced in Indonesia or China, the earthquake has had little impact on the card machine, so the price is relatively stable. In addition, Nikon will soon have new arrivals for the S6100 and S4100 card machines. According to the dealer’s message, if there is no other accident, the Nikon card machine will not be out of stock in April.

Panasonic’s official news was that employees were injured at the Fukushima and Miyagi factories. Panasonic is not a small camera are native to Japan, including the card machine in the high-end, so this will affect some models, several cameras have a certain degree of price increases. However, most of the camera prices have not risen, but have also dropped slightly, especially the low-end card machines produced in Xiamen.