Camera & Imaging Products Association

Camera & Imaging Products Association (一般社団法人カメラ映像機器工業会) 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).

Regular members

 * Canon Inc.
 * Casio
 * Fujifilm
 * Hoya Corporation
 * Tokina
 * Nidec Copal Corporation
 * Nikon
 * Olympus Digital Solutions
 * Panasonic Corporation
 * Ricoh
 * Seiko Epson
 * Seiko
 * Sigma Corporation
 * Sony
 * Tamron
 * Xacti

Supporting members

 * Adobe Inc.
 * Analog Devices KK
 * Apple Inc.
 * Brother Industries
 * Carl Zeiss AG
 * Cosina
 * Honor
 * Huawei Technologies Japan KK
 * Kyoritsu Electric Co Ltd
 * Samyang Optics
 * Microsoft
 * Morpho Inc
 * Nextorage Corporation
 * Shibawaka Manufacturing Co Ltd
 * Tsubosaka Electric Co Ltd
 * Vivo

Special members

 * Japan Camera Industry Institute
 * Society for Imaging Science and Technology
 * Photoindustrie-Verbandes e.V. (PIV)
 * Society for Imaging Science and Technology of Japan

Guidelines
CIPA publishes guidelines such as "CIPA DCG-001-2018 – Individual Guidelines for noting digital camera specifications on Number of pixels, Image file, and Focal length of the lens" (previously known as JCIA GLA03), which act as standards for how their members specify products.

CIPA DCG-001, only lightly modified since the original 1998 version, is particularly about reporting numbers of pixels as digital camera specifications. While it does not specifically define a pixel, its discussion and examples are consistent with a pixel being an individual photosensor element such as an APS or CCD element. It suggests reporting primarily the "number of effective pixels", defined as "The number of pixels on the image sensor which receive input light through the optical lens, and which are effectively reflected in the final output data of the still image." Examples include how to rate multi-sensor cameras such as three-CCD cameras, e.g. as "Number of Effective Pixels 1,020k (340k x 3)".