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
, 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 NotesAdvert TechChinaClosed 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 camerasAkasoChinaCompact 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 camerasFlashbackAustraliaCompact digital cameras designed to mimic the experience of a film cameraFoscamChinaIP 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 camerasISAWSouth KoreaAction cameras and camera microphonesKinefinityChinaDigital Cinema and broadcast cameras Kodak United States Manufactured by JK Imaging; compact digital cameras, bridge digital cameras Kron Technologies Canada Affordable high-speed cameras Leica Germany Compact digital cameras, DSLRs, MILCs, and rangefinder camerasLinkflowSouth Korea Wearable, on-device AI-powered 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 Nikon Z-mount MILCs, 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)PaperShootTaiwanMinimalist 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 PTZOptics United States PTZ cameras, zoom cameras, camera controllers, HIVE Cloud Controller, and accessories 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 cameraThinkwareSouth KoreaDashcams, action cameras and gimbal cameras 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 camerasYashicaHong Kong(Japan)Film cameras, digital cameras, disposable cameras and night vision gogglesZ CAMChinaDigital Cinema and virtual reality cameras
Other active brands
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 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 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
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 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 Toyo-View - view cameras designed for digital backs.(Sakai Machine Tool Co., Ltd.)
See also List of photographic equipment makers Camera Digital single-lens reflex camera History of the camera
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