Micro Four Thirds to rule 2009 with new CIPA president?

Leonard Goh | May 28, 2009

(Credit: CIPA)

The Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) is a Japanese organization which helps facilitate the growth of the imaging industry. It's no surprise that most camera makers are based in Japan.

A president is elected every year, and for 2009, the board will be headed by representatives from Olympus and Panasonic. Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, president of Olympus, will head the association and be flanked by Mamoru Yoshida, senior vice president/director of various business groups in Panasonic.

Given that these two companies are the co-founders of the Micro Four Thirds Standard which was announced last year, does it mean that the industry's tide will be in favor of this new system? We think this is quite impossible because other major players such as Canon, Nikon and Sony are members of the association as well. Also, CIPA's duty is to improve the imaging industry as a whole, and not individual companies.

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