The BBC reports that the Japenese camera maker Konica Minolta has announced plans to drop out of the camera market.
Konica Minolta said the market had become too competitive, and added it would sell its digital camera business to Japanese electronics giant Sony.
Its decision to ditch the camera business altogether includes the cessation of its colour film and photo paper business, in which it has trailed Eastman Kodak of the US and Japan's Fuji Photo Film.
Instead, it plans to focus on products such as colour office photocopiers and medical imaging equipment.
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