Market research firm IDC released its findings about the worldwide digital camera market recently, with interesting details about the current market shares of camera manufacturers. From 2009 to 2010, Canon’s share remained perfectly constant at 19%, while #2 player Sony increased its share from 16.9% to 17.9%. Nikon also grew from 11.1% to 12.6%. The worldwide market for digital cameras is also growing — last year it increased 10% to 141 million cameras sold.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the current state of the market by IDC:

 
Worldwide Digital Camera Market Shares by Vendor
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Vendor                 2010             2009
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Canon                  19               19
Sony                   17.9             16.9
Nikon                  12.6             11.1
Samsung                11.1             10.9
Kodak                   7.4              8.8
Panasonic               7.6              7.6
Olympus                 6.1              6.2
Fuji                    4.9              5.4
Casio                   4                4.7
PENTAX                  1.5              1.7
Vivitar                 1.2              0.7
Other                   6.7              7
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If these trends continue, Canon won’t be the 800 lb gorilla in the digital camera market for much longer…

(via Bloomberg)