Nikon seems to be creeping up on the camera giant Canon. Cnet reports that even though Canon remained the No. 1 SLR-maker in the world, their market share amount dropped by about four percent.

CNet is reporting this…

When it comes to the strategically important and fast-growing market of SLR cameras, Canon remained No. 1 worldwide in 2007 but lost share to Nikon, new statistics show.

Canon sold 3.18 million single-lens reflex cameras in 2007 compared with Nikon’s 2.98 million, according to a study released Tuesday by market researcher IDC. That represents a 42.7 percent and 40 percent share, respectively, of the 2007 SLR market. It’s a much narrower margin for Canon than in 2006, when it had 46.7 percent of the market, compared with Nikon’s 33 percent.

You can see the full numbers from CNet about Nikon’s growing numbers here.

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