Photographers are facing memory card prices that are triple what they were just a few months ago, as the rise of AI creates a shortage in digital storage. The question is, will the effects bleed past memory cards and external hard drives and into cameras themselves? In a recent interview, a Canon executive said that it “cannot rule out the possibility” of passing on increased parts costs onto customers.
The quote comes from an interview with Canon’s Executive Vice President Takeshi Tokura published in Nikkei and DC Life, translated from Japanese by Google. When asked if there would be any effects from the surging memory card prices, Tokura said there will be an impact.
