The Digital Camera Market Is Plummeting Quickly, Statistics Suggest

CIPA published some statistics about the digital camera market.

Things aren’t looking good at all. Some findings:

• Shipment of digital camera dropped by 74.8% in June 2019 compared to June 2018
• There are no signs the situation might get better
• DSLR shipments have dropped by 56.8% compared to 2018
• Mirrorless camera shipments have dropped by 79.8% compared to 2018
• Lens shipment has dropped by 67.1% compared to last year
• Compact camera shipments have dropped by 88.2% compared to last year

Well, these are worrying figures. The original PDF files with all statistics can be downloaded (and are in Japanese): digital camera statistics | interchangeable lenses statistics