Unlike most digital camera manufacturers, Sony was not a major player in the film camera market before entering the digital market. Sony cameras include the Cyber-Shot line of fixed-lens digital cameras and their Alpha series of DSLRs and mirrorless ILCs.
History of Sony cameras
Sony was founded in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo and was a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment.
The company created a paper-based magnetic recording tape in 1950, branded as Sony, and in 1958 became Sony Corporation. The company focused on magnetic recording tapes and transistor radios, tape recorders, and televisions.
Sony's global headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. Sony Corporation of America, which was founded in 1960, is based in New York City.
