Global Industry Overview: Photographic Equipment and Supplies
Manufacturers of photographic equipment and supplies provide the world's cameras, film, developing and enlarging equipment, photographic chemicals and papers, and related supplies. Industry output includes both still and motion cameras, but not video cameras, which are discussed in Audio and Video Equipment.
Industry Snapshot
The photographic equipment and supplies industry's products include five general categories: still picture equipment; motion picture equipment; photocopying and microfilming equipment; sensitized photographic film, plates, paper, and cloth; and prepared photographic chemicals.
In established markets, growth in the photographic goods industry was generally fueled by the introduction of...