CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2022, black: 2021, blue: 2020):
March 2022 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
CIPA has predicted 5.29 million DSLR and Mirrorless bodies for 2022. We’re predicting 3.8 to 4.6 million (down from our previous predictions) compared to:
2021: 5.348 million
2020: 5.308 million
2019: 8.462 million
2018: 10.76 million
2017: 11.68 million
Jan-Mar 2022 Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to YTD 2021)
DSLR Units : 507K –18% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥19.8 billion –17% YTD
Mirrorless Units: 653.6K -15% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥73.8 billion -1% YTD
Compact Units: 463K –39% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥12.9 billion -21% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 1118K –14% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥17.7 billion -1% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 1014K, +3% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥63.2 billion +27% YTD
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 56.33% (was 55.8% YTD 2021)
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 78.9% (was 75.3% YTD 2021)
The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.84 for YTD 2022. It was 1.85 for YTD 2021.
Year to Date 2022 Geographic Share:
DSLR:
Units: China 10.6%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 12.3%, Japan 3.5%, Europe 38.4%, Americas 33.5%, Other 1.6%
Shipped Value: China 16.7%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 15%, Japan 4.7%, Europe 31.2%, Americas 31%, Other 1.4%
Mirrorless:
Units: China 18.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 17.7%, Japan 9.9%, Europe 26.7%, Americas 24.2%, Other 3.1%
Shipped Value: China 20.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 18.5%, Japan 9.8%, Europe 23.6%, Americas 24.4%, Other 3.7%
Compacts:
Units: China 9.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13%, Japan 27.1%, Europe 26.9%, Americas 19.2%, Other 4.7%
Shipped Value: China 14.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 14.4%, Japan 19.1%, Europe 28.3%, Americas 20.3%, Other 3.9%
Lenses:
Units: China 13.7%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.7%, Japan 8.6%, Europe 33.3%, Americas 27.4%, Other 3.3%
Shipped Value: China 16.3%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 14.3%, Japan 10.5%, Europe 28.9%, Americas 25.7%, Other 4.3%
List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.
