CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for July 2021 (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019): July 2021 CIPA numbers July DSLR and Mirrorless body shipments are behind June, which were behind May, but still ahead of 2020. Interestingly, July compact shipments were the 2nd highest of the year. Mirrorless now has a 57% unit share of ILC’s and a 76.6% shipped value share. Based on the first seven months and last year’s shipping patterns, we predict a full year estimate of 7.11 million ILC units shipped compared to: 2020: 5.308 million 2019: 8.462 million 2018: 10.76 million 2017: 11.68 million Canon has predicted a full fiscal year industry estimate of 6 million units and they claim they’ll take 50% of that. July 2021 Calendar year-to-date Units & Shipped Value (all comparisons to Jan-July 2020): DSLR Units : 1362K +19% YTD DSLR Shipped Value: ¥54.4 billion +10% YTD Mirrorless Units: 18038K +48% YTD Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥178 billion +93% YTD Compact Units: 1779K –1% YTD Compact Shipped Value: ¥42.4 billion +10% YTD Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 2981K +13% YTD Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥44.7 billion +17% YTD Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 2185K, +64% YTD Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥138.2 billion +71% YTD Cumulative YTD Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 57% (was 51.5% Jan-July 2020) Cumulative YTD Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 76.6% (was 65.2% Jan-July 2020) The ratio of lenses shipped to...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Sunday, 5 September, 2021