CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for August 2021 (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019):
August 2021 CIPA numbers
August DSLR and Mirrorless body shipments were ahead of July 2021.Mirrorless now has a 57.6% unit share of ILC’s and a 76.7% shipped value share. Based on the first eight months and last year’s shipping patterns, we predict a full-year estimate of 6.859 million ILC units shipped compared to (Canon has predicted a full fiscal year industry estimate of 6 million units and they claim they’ll take 50% of that):
2020: 5.308 million
2019: 8.462 million
2018: 10.76 million
2017: 11.68 million
August 2021 Calendar year-to-date Units & Shipped Value (All comparisons to Jan-Aug 2020):
DSLR Units : 1515K+15% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥61.2 billion +9%YTD
Mirrorless Units: 2055K+42% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥202 billion +81% YTD
Compact Units: 2028K –3%YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥48.6 billion +8% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 3376K +11% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥50.7 billion +16%YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 2843K, +43% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥157.7 billion +61% YTD