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CIPA data for 2023 shows higher-value mirrorless cameras making double-digit gains Market research 

CIPA data for 2023 shows higher-value mirrorless cameras making double-digit gains

The Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has published its data report for the full year 2023. Shipments of cameras (fixed and interchangeable lenses) dropped by 3.6% in terms of numbers but increased by 4.9% in value. Mirrorless camera shipments increased by 18.6% in terms of cameras shipped and 10.9% in terms of value. DSLR camera shipments skidded by 36%... Read More
CIPA data report shows continued declines Market research News 

CIPA data report shows continued declines

Every year, Japan’s Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) releases annual statistics for its member companies. The downward trend of the last few years continued through 2020, with 8.78 million units shipped, down from 15 million in 2019 and 20 million in 2018. Clearly, the COVID-19 global pandemic did not improve the trend, which was already in decline. Read More
Digital camera shipments down 50% from two years ago, according to CIPA Market research Opinion 

Digital camera shipments down 50% from two years ago, according to CIPA

The trend for digital cameras isn’t optimistic, according to CIPA, but may not account for action cams and other innovations The  Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has published a new graph showing the number of cameras shipped in February 2019 and the numbers aren’t trending well. According to the association, sales were down from January 2019 and had substantially decreased... Read More
CIPA provides outlook on 2019 trends for cameras and related goods Market research Press releases 

CIPA provides outlook on 2019 trends for cameras and related goods

The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA: President Kazuo Ushida) has announced the outlook on the shipment by product-type concerning cameras and related goods for the 2019 term. 1. Track record of shipments 2018 In 2018 total shipments decreased by 22.2% year on year in digital cameras with a significant decline in built-in lens digital cameras. In interchangeable lens digital... Read More
CIPA: February digital camera trends show strength in ILCs Market research 

CIPA: February digital camera trends show strength in ILCs

CIPA has published its February camera report, showing overall digital still camera shipments are down 26.6 percent, almost completely due to the on-going demise of the compact still camera. Interchangeable lens cameras shipments were down only about 5 percent and showed a big increase over the same month in 2016. For more information, check out the the CIPA website. Read More
Analysis: Digital camera sales bottoming out? Market research 

Analysis: Digital camera sales bottoming out?

Felix Richter at Statisa provided an interesting chart about historical digital camera sales, featuring CIPA data. “When the first touchscreen smartphones made waves in 2007 and 2008, the camera industry was doing very well. In 2008, members of the CIPA, an association of the world’s most renowned camera makers, shipped almost 120 million digital cameras and probably didn’t worry too much... Read More
November CIPA report continues downturn News 

November CIPA report continues downturn

Japan’s Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released its numbers for November 2017 show the continued downward trend in the digital camera market, with just 2,166,788 DSC units shipped in November 2017, or about 17% percent fewer than the same period last year. Interchangeable lens cameras are following a similar pattern, with a drop of about 20 percent for the prior... Read More
CIPA stats show big gains in mirrorless cameras Market research 

CIPA stats show big gains in mirrorless cameras

The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released statistics for October 2017, showing year-on-year total camera shipments down a 13%. There was a year-over-year 11% increase in the digital camera market from January to October. Compared to October 2016, 22% fewer DSLRs were shipped globally. There was a 12% rise in mirrorless cameras; this is especially impressive considering the... Read More
Sorry, Om, the camera industry was already changed a long time ago Opinion 

Sorry, Om, the camera industry was already changed a long time ago

In a recent New Yorker column, tech-industry legend Om Malik opined how the new Apple iPhone 7 “changed the camera industry forever.” He’s a little late to the party if he thinks camera companies are just now realizing the threat of the iPhone. Like many Silicon Valley tech industry pundits, Malik displays the type of flawed hindsight favoring  products and... Read More