Among the otherwise depressing stories of the last few months we today get some good news from Nikon that its first quarter operating profit more than quadrupled.

Yahoo! News reports Nikon, the world’s second-largest maker of digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras, group operating profit totaled 13.94 billion yen ($124 million) in the April-June first quarter, up from a profit of 3.13 billion yen in the year-ago period.

Earnings at Nikon have been boosted by robust demand for digital SLR cameras and the interchangeable lenses used with them, as well as improved profitability in its stepper and instruments divisions.

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