Tag Archives: BCN ranking

Released: the latest full-frame mirrorless camera market share in Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 5, 2019

This is the latest full-frame mirrorless camera market share in Japan as of December 2018: Sony: 66.4% Canon: 17.5% Nikon: 16% Source: BCN Ranking, via NikonRumors

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The 2019 BCN Ranking Japanese market share report is out

By PR admin | Published: January 15, 2019

BCN Ranking published their 2019 market share report for the different camera categories and Fuji is again nowhere to be seen (BCN Ranking collects real sales data from approximately 40% of the Japanese retailers):

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Sony α7 III vs. Canon EOS R vs. Nikon Z6 mirrorless sales during the holiday shopping season in Japan

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2019

BCN+R published their latest sales results data for the mirrorless camera holiday shopping season in Japan. What I find interesting is that Canon and Nikon mirrorless sales were almost identical in December of 2018:

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Full-frame cameras market in Japan

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2018

BCN Ranking published their data for the full-frame camera market in Japan from October 2017 to October 2018:

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BCN Ranking full-frame mirrorless camera market share: Sony: 67%, Canon: 22.1%, Nikon: 10.4%

By PR admin | Published: November 7, 2018

BCN Ranking published their latest full-frame mirrorless camera market data for the Japanese market. In the first graph, you can  how Sony’s nearly 100% market share fell down to 67% after the announcement of the Nikon Z7 and Canon EOS R (Sony in blue: 67%, Nikon in green: 10.4%, Canon in red: 22.1%): The second graph […]

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July CIPA report: the downturn continues; Nikon and Canon dominate the BCN rankings

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2018

I have been tracking the CIPA shipments data for years, but this time I will use the excellent graphs created by CanonNews based on the latest July 2018 report (click for larger view):

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2018 Canon, Nikon and Sony market share (latest Nikkei, BCN and CIPA reports)

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2018

Nikkei published their 2018 interchangeable lens camera worldwide market share report: Canon: 49.1% Nikon: 24.9% Sony: 13.3% All other companies (Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Ricoh) combined have less than a 13% market share (the top 3 camera manufacturers gained 6.2% in 2018 to a total of 87.3%). The compact (fixed lens) digital camera market share shows similar numbers. […]

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BCN Ranking Japan: Canon is #1 in the mirrorless market for 2018

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2018

BCN Ranking published their digital camera ranking for the first half of 2018: Fixed-lens cameras: #1 is Nikon with 31% DSLR camera: #1 is Canon with 58.9% Mirrorless camera: #1 is Canon with 30.1% Video cameras: #1 is Panasonic with 44.1% Action cameras: #1 is GoPro with 72.9% Olympus was the #1 mirrorless camera maker in 2017 […]

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June’s BCN ranking camera sales report: the top 11 spots taken by Nikon and Canon

By PR admin | Published: July 9, 2018

BCN ranking published their top-selling cameras report for the month of June. The first 11 spots are all taken by Nikon and Canon (the first Sony camera is at the #15 spot, the first Fuji camera is at the #45 spot out of 50). As far as I know, BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all […]

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The 2018 BCN camera rankings are out

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2018

The 2018 BCN rankings are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores):

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The 2017 BCN camera rankings are out

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2017

The 2017 BCN camera rankings are out – the recap is: Canon is up, Sony and Nikon are down, Fuji is still missing, Olympus is #1 in mirrorless. Here are the details:

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2016 BCN awards in Japan: Canon wins in almost all categories

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2017

The 2016 BCN awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Canon still has a major market share in almost all categories (even in mirrorless – now at the #2 spot after pushing Sony to #3). Olympus is the #1 mirrorless camera, while Fuji never made […]

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