Camera prices may rise due to earthquake in Japan

At 3:00 pm Beijing time on March 11th, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred in Japan. As the epicentre of the Japanese earthquake was relatively close to the concentration of Japanese semiconductor manufacturers, a number of well-known Japanese electronics companies such as Sony, Toshiba, and Matsushita had closed their factories. . It is understood that Japanese manufacturers generally leave core R&D centers and high-end product assembly lines in their home countries. Therefore, the supply of these products may have problems. The earthquake caused severe impact on the Japanese digital cameras, digital video cameras and related core components industries. The prices of digital cameras and video cameras in the Chinese mainland market may rise significantly due to the shortage of supply, and digital cameras and camera manufacturers in the mainland will also supply core components. Insufficient production difficulties.

It is understood that most of the security camera manufacturers in the industry, the camera CCD chip used is mostly produced by Sony. The Japanese earthquake, security camera companies may also be due to insufficient supply of chips, resulting in rising prices, increased production costs. However, the specifics are not yet clear. Further information will not be available until Sony Corporation announces more detailed information.