Kodak Lead Grows in Digital-Camera Market

Eastman Kodak Co. is stretching its lead over Japanese rivals Canon Inc. and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news). in the U.S. digital-camera market.

Kodak shipped 1.25 million point-and-shoot digital cameras to domestic retailers in the April-to-June quarter — 51 percent more than in the second quarter of 2004 — and its market share rose to 23.8 percent from 18.3 percent a year ago, according to research firm IDC of Framingham, Mass.