CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for November 2021 (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019): November 2021 CIPA numbers Except for full frame camera lenses, everything was down substantially from November 2020 (single month). Cumulatively for the year, Mirrorless is up, full frame lenses is up and smaller than full frame lenses shipped value is up (but not units), but everything else is down.Mirrorless now has a 59% unit share of ILC’s and a 78% shipped value share (of DSLR + Mirrorless). Based on the first eleven months of 2021 and last year’s shipping patterns, we predict a full year estimate of 5.346 to 5.432 million ILC units shipped compared to: 2020: 5.308 million 2019: 8.462 million 2018: 10.76 million 2017: 11.68 million which means that 2021 won’t come in much better than 2020 and if little shipped in December, it could actually be worse. (Canon had predicted a full fiscal year industry estimate of 6 million units and they claim they’ll take 50% of that, but it looks like they estimated too high.) November 2021 Calendar year-to-date Units & Shipped Value (all comparisons to Jan-November 2020): DSLR Units : 2028K –7% YTD DSLR Shipped Value: ¥83.2 billion –5% YTD Mirrorless Units: 2873K +10% YTD Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥297 billion +37% YTD Compact Units: 2774K –15% YTD Compact Shipped Value: ¥67.15 billion -4% YTD Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 4554K –8% YTD Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥70.8 billion...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Wednesday, 12 January, 2022