Boom for digital cameras

Boom for digital cameras

OSAKA, Japan, - Digital cameras are selling briskly in Japan, with shipments rising 7 percent to 1.18 million devices in fiscal 1998 end March 31, 1999. The cameras, which translate electrical impulses into pictures that can be seen on computers, are shown at a discount shop for electronics appliances in downtown Osaka on July 17.

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