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The CIPA numbers for February are out: worse than past years

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their February report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years  (orange: 2019, black: 2018, blue: 2017, click for larger view). Here are the other two graphs:

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The CIPA numbers for January are horrible: DSLR down 21.8%, mirrorless down 14.8%

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their January report and the numbers do not look good – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2019, black: 2018, blue: 2017, click for larger view). DSLR shipments are down 21.8%, mirrorless is down 14.8%, […]

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CIPA 2018 camera shipments recap, 2019 predictions

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) issued their 2018 camera shipments recap: In 2018 total shipments decreased by 22.2% year on year in digital cameras with a significant decline in built-in lens digital cameras. In interchangeable lens digital cameras, having taken over the position of core product, failed to fill the gap. Shipments […]

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November CIPA numbers: numbers continue to be worse compared to previous years

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their November report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016, click for larger view):

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October CIPA numbers: still worse than past years

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their October report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016, click for larger view):

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September CIPA numbers: worse than last year

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their September report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016, click for larger view):

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CIPA results for August 2018 are out

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their August report (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016):

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

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)

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

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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