List of digital camera brands

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This is a list of digital camera brands. Former and current brands are included in this list. With some of the brands, the name is licensed from another company, or acquired after the bankruptcy of an older photographic equipment company. The actual manufacture of a camera model is performed by a different company in many cases. In many cases brands are limited to certain countries. Not all brands of devices that can take digital images are listed here, including many industrial digital camera brands, some webcam brands, brands of cell phones that feature cameras, and brands of video cameras that can take digital stills. Defunct brands are listed separately.

Active consumer camera brands[edit]

As of February 2015, these brands offer some combination of compact digital cameras, bridge camera, digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs), and mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (MILCs):

Flag Country Brand Notes
Australia Australia Blackmagic Design Digital video cameras, pro and consumer
Canada Canada VisionTek IP Cameras. Ranging from various megapixel and types of cameras. Commercial & Small Business cameras.
China China Advert Tech Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) - IP Camera. Ranging from megapixel quality cameras to High Definition Cameras. It also goes by the name of Advert CCTV
China China Aigo Compact digital cameras
China China Akaso Compact digital cameras
China China DJI Drones, action cameras, digital cinema cameras
China China Foscam IP Cameras
China China Insta360 Action cameras, 360-degree cameras
China China Seagull Camera TLR cameras, SLR cameras, folding cameras, CCD and SLR camera lenses, large-format cameras
Denmark Denmark Phase One Medium-format cameras and digital camera backs
France France Thomson Waterproof digital camera
Germany Germany AgfaPhoto Compact digital cameras
Germany Germany Leica Compact digital cameras, DSLRs, MILCs, and rangefinder cameras
Germany Germany Medion Consumer digital cameras
Germany Germany Minox Compact digital cameras
Germany Germany Praktica Compact digital cameras
Germany Germany Rollei Compact digital cameras
Germany Germany Tevion Compact digital cameras and trail cameras
Germany Germany Traveler Compact digital cameras
India India Vageeswari Wooden field camera
Japan Japan Canon Ixus and PowerShot compact digital cameras, Vixia camcorders, EOS M MILC and Digital EOS/Digital Rebel DSLRs
Japan Japan Casio Exilim compact digital cameras
Japan Japan Epson Japan-only digital rangefinder camera; previously offered compact digital cameras
Japan Japan Fujifilm FinePix compact digital cameras and X-series MILCs
Japan Japan Nikon Coolpix compact digital cameras, Nikon 1 series MILCs, and D-series DSLRs
Japan Japan Olympus C-, D-, FE-series, Tough and Stylus compact digital cameras; E-series DSLRs based on the Four Thirds System; and two series of mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras based on the Micro Four Thirds System, the PEN digital series and OM-D series
Japan Japan Ricoh Caplio and other compact digital cameras and the modular GXR MILC
Japan Japan Panasonic Lumix compact digital cameras and MILCs (Micro Four Thirds and full frame)
Japan Japan Pentax Optio compact digital camera, K-series DSLRs, Pentax Q MILC, and the 645D medium-format DSL
Japan Japan Sigma Compact digital cameras and SD-series DSLRs
Japan Japan Sony Cyber-shot compact digital cameras, α DSLRs, and Sony NEX MILCs
South Korea South Korea Samsung Compact digital cameras and NX-series MILCs
Sweden Sweden Hasselblad Medium format cameras (H System); mirrorless medium-format cameras (X System); lenses; multi-shot digital backs; photographic equipment
Sweden Sweden Memoto Wearable lifelogging camera
Taiwan Taiwan BenQ Compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras
Taiwan Taiwan Genius Compact digital cameras
United States United States Bell & Howell Compact digital cameras
United States United States GE Name licensed by General Imaging; Compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras
United States United States GoPro Highly compact personal-use rugged action cameras
United States United States HP Compact digital cameras manufactured by VistaQuest Corp.
United States United States Kodak Manufactured by JK Imaging; compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras
United States United States Lytro Light field sensing cameras
United States United States Polaroid Instant cameras and printers manufactured by Polaroid B.V.
United States United States Vivitar Compact digital cameras

Other active brands[edit]

These brands offer only non-camera digital imaging devices, or non-consumer digital cameras:

  • Germany ABUS - cameras for surveillance and home security applications
  • China AEE - action camcorders capable of taking stills
  • Taiwan Aiptek - camcorders
  • France Alcatel - cameraphones
  • Switzerland Alpa - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
  • United States Apple - cameraphones, tablets and webcams; previously offered QuickTake standalone camera
  • United States Arecont Vision - HDTV surveillance IP cameras and software
  • United States Argus (licensed brand name of extinct company)
  • Germany Arri - Professional Cinema cameras
  • AV Future Link Sdn. Bhd. (AVF) - webcams only
  • Sweden Axis - network cameras / standalone webcams only
  • United States Better Light - digital scan backs
  • Canada BlackBerry - cameraphones
  • United States BuckEye Cam - long range wireless camera systems
  • United States Bushnell - trail cameras
  • Brica
  • Netherlands Cambo - large format cameras, architectural cameras and repro cameras designed for digital backs
  • United States Contour - wearable HD action cams for video and capable of taking stills
  • United States Covert - trail cameras
  • Singapore Creative - webcams only; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • United States Cuddeback - trail cameras
  • Brazil Disk Digitais - professional cameras, semi-professional, plus a hundred in accessories
  • Taiwan D-Link - IP cameras
  • United States EarthCam - webcams only
  • Emprex
  • United States Freefly - High speed cameras and drones
  • China Fotoman - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
  • United States GoPro - action/helmet camcorder capable of taking stills
  • Sweden Hasselblad - medium-format cameras and digital camera backs
  • Japan Hitachi - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Japan Horseman - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
  • Taiwan HTC - cameraphones, tablets
  • China Huawei - cameraphones, tablets
  • United States Hunten - trail cameras
  • Taiwan iPUX - IP cameras
  • United States IQinVision - IP cameras
  • United States iX Cameras - High speed camera manufacturer
  • Jaga - compact digital cameras
  • Germany Jenoptik - industrial optical products; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Japan JVC - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Germany Kaiser - scanning cameras
  • United States Ken-A-Vision - document cameras and digital microscopes offers a built-in digital cameras
  • China Kinefinity - Digital Cinema and broadcast cameras
  • Japan Kyocera as of 2005, only cameraphones; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Lithuania KUROKESU - Industrial cameras, USB webcameras
  • Israel Leaf - digital camera backs
  • China Lenovo - cameraphones, tablets
  • United States Leupold - trail cameras
  • South Korea LG - IP cameras, cameraphones; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Germany Linhof - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
  • Livelook - webcams only
  • Switzerland Logitech - webcams only
  • Canada Lumenera - industrial, scientific, and astronomy cameras
  • Japan Mamiya - medium-format cameras which accept digital camera backs
  • Singapore Mercury - smartphones; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • United States Microsoft - LifeCam series
  • Germany Minox - toy and spy digital cameras, and compact digital cameras
  • Micro Innovations
  • Germany Mobotix - IP cameras
  • United States Motorola - cameraphones
  • United States Moultrie - trail cameras
  • Taiwan Mustek Systems - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Japan Nintendo - Nintendo 3DS - portable game console features three cameras
  • Finland Nokia - cameraphones
  • Ocuview - webcam
  • United States Oncam Grandeye - IP cameras
  • United States Oregon Scientific - action/helmet camcorders; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • United States Panoscan - digital panoramic rotating line cameras
  • South Korea Pantech - cameraphones
  • Germany Pentacon - scanning cameras
  • Netherlands Philips - cameraphones and webcams; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Taiwan Premier
  • United States Primos - trail cameras
  • United States RCA - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • United States Reconyx - trail cameras
  • United States RED - Digital cinema cameras
  • Germany Rencay - digital scan backs
  • South Korea Samyang Optics - photographic lenses: autofocus lenses, manual focus lenses, DSLRs, cinema lenses (also under Xeen brand)
  • Australia ScoutGuard - trail cameras
  • United States Sea & Sea - underwater housings for DSLRs and MILCs; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • China Seagull Camera - compact cameras
  • Switzerland Seitz - digital panorama cameras
  • Japan Sharp - cameraphones; previously offered camcorders capable of taking stills
  • Italy Silvestri - medium and large format cameras for traditional and digital photography.
  • Switzerland Sinar - medium-format cameras and digital camera backs
  • Germany Soligor
  • Canada Spypoint - trail cameras
  • Suprema
  • Australia Swann - IP cameras and trail cameras
  • Japan Tamron - photographic lenses, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics
  • Netherlands Trust
  • Japan Toshiba - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
  • Japan Toyo-View - view cameras designed for digital backs
  • United States Uway - trail cameras
  • United States Vision Research - High speed digital cameras, Marketed under the "Phantom" brand.
  • United States Wildgame - trail cameras and action cameras
  • Indonesia JETE - Webcam
  • Indonesia Advan - Smartphones
  • China Z CAM - Cinema and virtual reality cameras
  • Russia Zenit - Announced that it was resuming camera and lens production for the M-mount, as well as for unspecified Nikon and Canon mounts in 2019

Defunct brands[edit]

These brands no longer produce digital imaging products:

  • Apple - compact digital camera
  • Acer - compact digital cameras
  • Autographer, OMG Life - wearable digital camera
  • Chinon - one early digital camera
  • Concord - compact digital cameras
  • Cool-iCam - compact digital cameras
  • Contax - produced one DSLR, several high quality SLR and galileian viewfinder models and two compact digital cameras
  • CyberPix
  • Gateway - compact digital cameras
  • HP Photosmart - compact digital cameras; left market in November 2007[1]
  • Imacon - digital camera backs; purchased by Hasselblad
  • Intel - produced one compact digital camera
  • Konica - compact digital cameras
  • Konica Minolta - compact digital cameras and DSLRs; assets relating to digital imaging were transferred to Sony in 2006
  • Largan - compact digital cameras
  • LG - compact digital cameras
  • Minolta - compact digital cameras and two unique DSLRs, acquired by Sony in early 21st century
  • Maxell - compact digital cameras
  • Microtek - compact digital cameras
  • Nintendo - Game Boy Camera - no longer offers digital camera accessory
  • Nytech - compact digital cameras
  • Premo - made cameras in the 1800s. Bought out by Kodak in the early 1900s
  • Sanyo - compact digital cameras
  • SiPix - compact digital cameras
  • UMAX - compact digital cameras
  • Voigtländer - fixed-lens film cameras
  • Yakumo - compact digital cameras
  • Mnyaga - compact digital cameras

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "HP News, Newsroom, Videos & Podcasts - HP® Official Site". www.hp.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.