CIPA’s October report is out
CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) released their October report (orange: 2019, black: 2018, blue: 2017, click for larger view):
For the month:
- DSLR units shipped: 429K units (24.2% below same month last year. September was 453K.)
- Mirrorless units shipped: 445K units (highest of the year and 2.3% above same month last year. September was 418K.)
- Compact units shipped: 597K units (23.6% below same month last year. September was 621K.)
Calendar year to date:
- DSLR Units -33%
- DSLR Shipped Value -42%
- Mirrorless Units -8%
- Mirrorless Shipped Value +5%
- Compact Units -21%
- Compact Shipped Value -17%
- Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units -27%
- Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value -25%
- Lenses for 35mm and larger Units -13%
- Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value -2%
- Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR) 45.3% (was 37.5% YTD last year)
- Mirrorless Shipped Value share 60.7%
List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.
Source: CIPA
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