Last 12 Month’s Japanese Camera Market: Canon Top Dog But It’s Fuji Who Wins

BCNRetail posted the Japanese camera market shares from April 2018 to March 2019.

• Canon did hold 37.3% of the overall camera market shares (fixed lens plus system cameras)
• Nikon did hold 26,7% of the overall camera market shares
• Sony did hold 13,1% of the overall camera market shares
• Olympus did hold 6% of the overall camera market shares
• Fuji did hold 5.8% of the overall camera market shares

Canon is still the top dog in the bunch. But things look differently when compared to the previous year:

• Canon sold -1,3% cameras (units of sales)
• Nikon sold -15% cameras
• Sony sold -6,6% cameras
• Olympus sold -13,8% cameras
• Fuji sold +19,4% cameras

And an even more different picture is given by the overall value of camera sales:

• Canon camera sales value dropped -11,4% 
• Nikon camera sales value dropped -28,5% 
• Sony camera sales value increased +14,5% 
• Olympus camera sales value dropped -21,3% 
• Fuji camera sales value increased +0,6%

Canon, Nikon and Olympus saw a huge drop in overall value of the sales. Fuji on the other hand is doing pretty good, having been able to sell 19.4% more cameras than the previous year.

[via Digicameinfo via Mirrorless Rumors]