If there was one word to describe 2022's camera sales trends so far, it would be "pivotal." When I say pivotal, I mean it to say that it seems as if a switch has been flipped and the market has turned on its head. [Read More]
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Top: Panasonic S1 (left) Canon EOS R (right) Bottom: Sony a7 III (left), Nikon Z6 (right) The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released its stats for 2020, revealing the production and shipment data of camera units from January 2020 through December 2020. dpreview.com »
2021-02-01 23:03
Total shipments of digital cameras (DSCs) worldwide for the month of April 2020 (Orange) compared to 2019 (Black) and 2018 (Blue). Japan’s Camera & Imaging Products Association — better known as CIPA — has released its latest numbers, showing what camera shipments looked like for the major manufacturers through the end of April 2020. dpreview.com »
2020-06-02 23:10
As we have all heard by now, the camera market seems to be in somewhat of a free fall. In the first two months of the year the interchangeable lens camera sales held steady in the month of January, but it took a sizable hit in the month of February, with shipments down by 29. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-30 16:00
The Japanese Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has published a new graph showing the number of cameras shipped in February 2019 and the figures aren't reassuring. According to the association, sales were down from January 2019 and had substantially decreased compared with February 2018. dpreview.com »
2019-04-08 22:02
“Abandon hope all ye who enter here” is the supposed inscription at the entrance to Hell (Divina Commedia – Dante Alighieri). And all camera manufacturers must feel the same right now: The latest CIPA data certifies that camera unit shipments fell 22% this year. sonyalpharumors.com »
2019-02-10 15:56
The final camera shipment numbers for 2017 are in and the year may show we’ve bottomed out in total shipments. 2017 saw an increase in total camera shipments, though 2016 was affected by the Kumamoto earthquake which caused supply chain issues for a lot of manufacturers. canonrumors.com »
2018-02-01 18:48
Graph: CIPA The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released its statistics for October 2017, and in contrast to previous years, we did not see the Black Friday/Thanksgiving induced spike we're used to seeing, with month-to-month shipments remaining fairly flat (read: disappointing). dpreview.com »
2017-12-04 22:13
It might not be much, but the latest industry figures from trade body CIPA suggest the camera market may have finally bottomed-out. Shipments of digital cameras with built-in lenses were flat, compared with the same period in 2016. dpreview.com »
2017-05-03 03:01
The year 2020 saw digital camera shipments nosedive to a new low of 8. 9 million units, down from 121 million units in 2010. It was believed it couldn't get any worse and, indeed, shipments stabilized in 2021.
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? Before we can get into why this might be the case, we have to first look at the information that […]
Right on cue, CIPA has released its latest report, showing how camera shipments in March were affected by the rapid spread of the coronavirus, and the economic shutdown that followed. No surprises here: the numbers are grim.
After years of declining sales figures and the requisite reporting on the industry’s “imminent” collapse, it seems the camera market has finally plateaued. The latest CIPA numbers show modest growth in some areas and neutral numbers elsewhere, hinting that a long sales slump might finally be over. Every quarter, the trade body CIPA (Camera & […]