In an interview with Reuters yesterday, Nikon has said that it intends to increase production of the D70 DSLR to above 90,000 units by September/October 2004, compared to 70,000 when the camera was launched in March. At the same time Nikon also announced that it has “no plans to stop producing film SLRs, but that it may next year start considering pulling out of the film compact camera business due to a sharp plunge in demand.” Sales of compact film cameras have slipped to 50,000 units worldwide in the current business year to March, compared with 1.3 million in 2002.

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