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 Cumulative YTD Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 57.6% (was 52.2% Jan-Aug 2020) Cumulative YTD Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 76.7% (was 66.6% Jan-Aug 2020) The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.74 for Jan-Aug 2021. It was 1.82 for Jan-Aug 2020. August 2021 Calendar year-to-date Geographic Share DSLR,...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Monday, 4 October, 2021