Gripped by chip shortage, Sony halts some digital camera orders

Other camera makers also struggle as critical holiday shopping season nears

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Sony has stopped taking orders for some digital cameras because of a semiconductor shortage.

MASAHARU BAN and TSUYOSHI TAMEHIRO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Sony Group has taken the unusual step of not accepting orders for a number of digital cameras, underscoring an industrywide trend triggered by a drawn-out semiconductor shortage.

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