Doom-and-gloom stories of the state of the camera market have been pretty common over the past year due to COVID-19. But what if the data used to determine the health of the industry was flawed?
As you might expect, the used market is several years behind the new market when it comes to trends. DSLRs had ruled the secondhand market but for the first time, KEH reports their sales have finally dipped below mirrorless.
The success of Canon’s R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras have exceeded the company’s expectations and it has revised its 2020 fiscal year earnings over initial projections. The company logged net income of more than a quarter of a … Read the rest “Canon Exceeded Sales Projections For its 2020 Fiscal Year”
11. Januar 2021
von Jaron Schneider Kommentare deaktiviert für Canon R5 Nabs Top-Selling Camera of December, Nikon Z7 II in Second Place
While monitoring the camera market over the past year has been like riding a volatile roller coaster, now that 2020 is behind us it can be properly evaluated as a whole. BCN+R, a major Japanese camera retailer, has released its data from the w… Read the rest “Camera Sales Shrank 40% in 2020”
6. Januar 2021
von Jaron Schneider Kommentare deaktiviert für November’s Global Camera Sales Show Encouraging Stabilization
CIPA has published its global camera shipment and value numbers for November 2020 and the recovery seen in October appears to be stabilizing. Though volume has decreased year over year, the value of shipments is nearly in line.
October sales ranking from the six leading dealers in Japan has been released by Phileweb showing the Sony a7S III outsold both the Canon EOS R5 and R6 last month, but Canon still beat out Nikon in the DSLR category.
Designed to be a marketplace specifically for the photo and video community, GearUp is an app for the specific purpose of buying and selling camera equipment around the United States.
The Camera and Imaging Products Association in Japan, otherwise known as CIPA, has published global camera and lens production data through September of this year, and the results show that the industry clearly has taken a hit from the glo… Read the rest “Camera Sales in 2020 Have Plummeted As Much As 54%”
26. Oktober 2020
von Jaron Schneider Kommentare deaktiviert für Canon’s Market Share Spikes in Japan, Threatens to Overtake Sony