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[update], these brands offer some combination of compact digital cameras, bridge camera, digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs), and mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (MILCs):
Brand | Country | Notes |
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Advert Tech | China | 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 |
AgfaPhoto | Germany | Compact digital cameras |
Aigo | China | Compact digital cameras |
Akaso | China | Compact digital cameras |
Bell & Howell | United States | Compact digital cameras |
BenQ | Taiwan | Compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras |
Blackmagic Design | Australia | Digital video cameras, pro and consumer |
Canon | Japan | Ixus and PowerShot compact digital cameras, Vixia camcorders, EOS M MILC and Digital EOS/Digital Rebel DSLRs |
DJI | China | Drones, action cameras, digital cinema cameras |
Flashback | Australia | Compact digital cameras designed to mimic the experience of a film camera |
Foscam | China | IP Cameras |
Fujifilm | Japan | FinePix compact digital cameras and X-series MILCs |
GE | United States | Name licensed by General Imaging; Compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras |
Genius | Taiwan | Compact digital cameras |
GoPro | United States | Highly compact personal-use rugged action cameras |
Hasselblad | Sweden | Medium format cameras (H System); mirrorless medium-format cameras (X System); lenses; multi-shot digital backs; photographic equipment |
HP | United States | Compact digital cameras manufactured by VistaQuest Corp. |
Insta360 | China | Action cameras, 360-degree cameras |
Kinefinity | China | Digital Cinema and broadcast cameras |
Kodak | United States | Manufactured by JK Imaging; compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras |
Leica | Germany | Compact digital cameras, DSLRs, MILCs, and rangefinder cameras |
Lytro | United States | Light field sensing cameras |
Medion | Germany | Consumer digital cameras |
Memoto | Sweden | Wearable lifelogging camera |
Minox | Germany | Compact digital cameras |
Nikon | Japan | Coolpix compact digital cameras, Nikon 1 series MILCs, and D-series DSLRs |
OM System | Japan | 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(Former Olympus) |
Panasonic | Japan | Lumix compact digital cameras and MILCs (Micro Four Thirds and full frame) |
PaperShoot | Taiwan | Minimalist digital cameras, focused on sustainability and Candid photography |
Pentax | Japan | Optio compact digital camera, K-series DSLRs, Pentax Q MILC, and the 645D medium-format DSL |
Phase One | Denmark | Medium-format cameras and digital camera backs |
Polaroid | United States | Instant cameras and printers manufactured by Polaroid B.V. |
Praktica | Germany | Compact digital cameras |
Ricoh | Japan | Caplio and other compact digital cameras and the modular GXR MILC |
Rollei | Germany | Compact digital cameras |
Samsung | South Korea | Compact digital cameras and NX-series MILCs |
Seagull Camera | China | TLR cameras, SLR cameras, folding cameras, CCD and SLR camera lenses, large-format cameras |
Sigma | Japan | Compact digital cameras and SD-series DSLRs |
Sony | Japan | Cyber-shot compact digital cameras, α DSLRs, and Sony NEX MILCs |
Tevion | Germany | Compact digital cameras and trail cameras |
Thomson | France | Waterproof digital camera |
Traveler | Germany | Compact digital cameras |
Vageeswari | India | Wooden field camera |
VisionTek | Canada | IP Cameras. Ranging from various megapixel and types of cameras. Commercial & Small Business cameras. |
Vivitar | United States | Compact digital cameras |
Z CAM | China | Digital Cinema and virtual reality cameras |
Other active brands
[edit]These brands offer only non-camera digital imaging devices, or non-consumer digital cameras:
ABUS - cameras for surveillance and home security applications
AEE - action camcorders capable of taking stills
Aiptek - camcorders
Alcatel - cameraphones
Alpa - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
Apple - cameraphones, tablets and webcams; previously offered QuickTake standalone camera
Arecont Vision - HDTV surveillance IP cameras and software
Argus (licensed brand name of extinct company)
Arri - Professional Cinema cameras
- AV Future Link Sdn. Bhd. (AVF) - webcams only
Axis - network cameras / standalone webcams only
Better Light - digital scan backs
BlackBerry - cameraphones
BuckEye Cam - long range wireless camera systems
Bushnell - trail cameras
- Brica
Cambo - large format cameras, architectural cameras and repro cameras designed for digital backs
Contour - wearable HD action cams for video and capable of taking stills
Covert - trail cameras
Creative - webcams only; previously offered compact digital cameras
Cuddeback - trail cameras
Disk Digitais - professional cameras, semi-professional, plus a hundred in accessories
D-Link - IP cameras
EarthCam - webcams only
- Emprex
Freefly - High speed cameras and drones
Fotoman - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
GoPro - action/helmet camcorder capable of taking stills
Horseman - medium format cameras designed for digital backs.It is marketed by Kenko Professional Imaging (KPI) Inc.
HTC - cameraphones, tablets
Huawei - cameraphones, tablets
Hunten - trail cameras
iPUX - IP cameras
IQinVision - IP cameras
iX Cameras - High speed camera manufacturer
- Jaga - compact digital cameras
Jenoptik - industrial optical products; previously offered compact digital cameras
JVC - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
Kaiser - scanning cameras
Ken-A-Vision - document cameras and digital microscopes offers a built-in digital cameras
KUROKESU - Industrial cameras, USB webcameras
Leaf - digital camera backs
Lenovo - cameraphones, tablets
Leupold - trail cameras
LG - IP cameras, cameraphones; previously offered compact digital cameras
Linhof - medium format cameras designed for digital backs
- Livelook - webcams only
Logitech - webcams only
Lumenera - industrial, scientific, and astronomy cameras
Mercury - smartphones; previously offered compact digital cameras
Microsoft - LifeCam series
Minox - toy and spy digital cameras, and compact digital cameras
- Micro Innovations
Mobotix - IP cameras
Motorola - cameraphones
Moultrie - trail cameras
Mustek Systems - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
Nokia - cameraphones
- Ocuview - webcam
Oncam Grandeye - IP cameras
Oregon Scientific - action/helmet camcorders; previously offered compact digital cameras
Panoscan - digital panoramic rotating line cameras
Pantech - cameraphones
Pentacon - scanning cameras
Philips - cameraphones and webcams; previously offered compact digital cameras
Premier
Primos - trail cameras
RCA - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
Reconyx - trail cameras
RED - Digital cinema cameras
Rencay - digital scan backs
Samyang Optics - photographic lenses: autofocus lenses, manual focus lenses, DSLRs, cinema lenses (also under Xeen brand)
ScoutGuard - trail cameras
Sea & Sea - underwater housings for DSLRs and MILCs; previously offered compact digital cameras
Seagull Camera - compact cameras
Seitz - digital panorama cameras
Sharp - cameraphones; previously offered camcorders capable of taking stills
Silvestri - medium and large format cameras for traditional and digital photography.
Sinar - medium-format cameras and digital camera backs
Soligor
Spypoint - trail cameras
- Suprema
Swann - IP cameras and trail cameras
Trust
Toshiba - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered compact digital cameras
Toyo-View - view cameras designed for digital backs.(Sakai Machine Tool Co.,Ltd.)
Uway - trail cameras
Vision Research - High speed digital cameras, Marketed under the "Phantom" brand.
Wista - view cameras designed for digital backs.
Wildgame - trail cameras and action cameras
JETE - Webcam
Advan - Smartphones
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
Bosma - Digital cinema cameras
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
- Casio - Exilim compact digital cameras
- 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
- Epson - Japan-only digital rangefinder camera; previously offered compact digital cameras
- Gateway - compact digital cameras
- Hitachi - camcorders capable of taking stills; previously offered 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
- Kyocera - as of 2005, only cameraphones; previously offered compact digital cameras
- Largan - compact digital cameras
- LG - compact digital cameras
- Minolta - compact digital cameras and two unique DSLRs, acquired by Sony in early 21st century
- Mamiya - medium-format cameras which accept digital camera backs
- 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]- List of photographic equipment makers
- Comparison of digital SLRs
- Camera
- Digital single-lens reflex camera
- History of the camera
References
[edit]- ^ "HP News, Newsroom, Videos & Podcasts - HP® Official Site". www.hp.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.