Nearly half of the female digital camera users surveyed by Konica Corp. have started using the no-film cameras within the past one year.

Of 250 female digital camera users polled over the Internet between July 27 and Aug. 1, 49.2 percent said they started using them in the past year.

This was marginally up from the 46.8 percent who said they have used digital cameras for more than one year, of whom 4 percent said they have used them for more than five years.