According to the research, action camera sales are anticipated to grow over the next five years at least, filling a latent desire for sports enthusiasts to capture their experience, hands-free, accelerated by the boom in video-based social networking from Facebook, YouTube, GoPro.com and others. Longer term, developments within the smartphone market will cannibalize the action camera market, as handsets become increasingly rugged and waterproof.
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Leading brands at Photopia Hamburg
According to to the organizer, Hamburg Messe + Congress (HMC), major imaging brands will be represented at Photopia Hamburg, which will take place in the Hanseatic city from September 23 to 26 as a festival for the entire digital imaging industry. These include camera and lens manufacturers such as Canon, Sony, Nikon, Leica and Panasonic as well as Sigma and Tamron, but also the monitor manufacturers BenQ and Eizo, print service providers such as WhiteWall and the paper manufacturers Ilford and Hahnemühle. Several retailing companies and distributors, including Calumet, Foto Erhardt, IPS, HapaTeam and Probis will also exhibit.
