Camera & Imaging Products Association (有限責任中間法人カメラ映像機器工業会, Yūgen-sekinin-chūkan-hōjin Kamera Eizō-kiki Kōgyōkai?, CIPA), is a Japan-based organization set up in July 2002 to deal with technologies related to photography. Its members are engaged with the production of film-based and digital cameras, and other related equipment.
This organization succeeds the Japan Camera Industry Association (JCIA).
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