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Business trends

Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless models

Smartphones push Japan maker to drop once-coveted single-lens reflex
models

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Nikon's SLR cameras have been widely used by professional
photographers for more than 60 years. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara) 
Nikkei staff writersJuly 12, 2022 18:01 JSTUpdated on July 12, 2022
19:43 JST | Japan
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TOKYO -- Japanese camera maker Nikon will withdraw from the
single-lens reflex camera business and shift toward digital offerings
amid intensifying competition from smartphone cameras, Nikkei has
learned.

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