CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for June 2021 (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019, click for larger view): June 2021 CIPA numbers June body shipments are slightly behind May, but well ahead of 2020, so we’ve lost a little ground year-over-year in bodies, but gained ground year-over-year in lenses. Mirrorless now has a 56% unit share of ILC’s and a 76.1% shipped value share. Based on the first six months and last year’s shipping patterns, we predict a full year estimate of 7.33 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. Note that Nikon will announce Q1 fiscal 2022 results August 5th, 3PM Japanese time. June 2021 Calendar year-to-date (All comparisons to Jan-June 2020): DSLR Units : 1226K +21% YTD DSLR Shipped Value: ¥48.9 billion +13% YTD Mirrorless Units: 1558K +55% YTD Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥156 billion +114% YTD Compact Units: 1500K +0% YTD Compact Shipped Value: ¥36.0 billion +12% YTD Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 2620K +15% YTD Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥38.5 billion +18% YTD Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 2185K, +64% YTD Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥118.4 billion +79% YTD Cumulative YTD Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 56% (was 49.8% Jan-June 2020) Cumulative YTD Mirrorless Shipped Value share:...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Wednesday, 4 August, 2021