CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2022, black: 2021, blue: 2020):
October 2022 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
As compared with the single month October 2021, DSLR units were down 5.3%, Mirrorless was up 61.5% and Compacts were up 21.9%. Lenses for smaller than 35mm cameras were up 16% and lenses for 35mm and larger were down 7.1%.
Mirrorless bodies now take 85.2% of ILC shipped value.
CIPA has predicted 5.29 million DSLR and Mirrorless bodies for calendar 2022 and Nikon has predicted a market of 5.1 million for April ‘22 to March ‘23. We predicted 4.75 to 5.14 million units in June, 5.08 to 5.36 million units in July, 5.1 to 5.5m in August, 5.6 million in September and are now predicting about 5.7-5.8 million as compared to:
- 2021: 5.348 million
- 2020: 5.308 million
- 2019: 8.462 million
- 2018: 10.76 million
- 2017: 11.68 million
- 2016: 11.61 million
- 2015: 13.06 million
- 2014: 13.84 million
- 2013: 17.13 million
- 2012: 20.16 million
- 2011: 15.69 million
- 2010: 12.89 million
- 2009: 9.91 million
- 2008: 9.7 million
- 2007: 8.26 million
Jan-Oct 2022 Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to YTD 2021)
DSLR Units : 1.54 million –18% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥71.2 billion –6% YTD
Mirrorless Units: 3.28 million +27% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥416.9 billion +61% YTD
Compact Units: 1.7 million –33% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥57 billion -5% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 4.1 million –2% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥72.9 billion +13% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 4 million +7% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥296 billion +40% YTD
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 68.1% (was 58% YTD 2021)
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 85.2% (was 77.2% YTD 2021)
The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.68 for YTD 2022. It was 1.78 for YTD 2021.
Year to Date 2022 Geographic Share:
DSLR:
Units: China 10.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 11.4%, Japan 3.8%, Europe 38.8%, Americas 33.7%, Other 1.8%
Shipped Value: China 18.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.1%, Japan 4.3%, Europe 32%, Americas 31.1%, Other 1.4%
Mirrorless:
Units: China 21.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 16.2%, Japan 9.7%, Europe 25.6%, Americas 23.3%, Other 3.7%
Shipped Value: China 23.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 16.1%, Japan 8.6%, Europe 22.5%, Americas 25%, Other 4.3%
Compacts:
Units: China 10.2%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 11.8%, Japan 22.6%, Europe 29.1%, Americas 22.1%, Other 4.2%
Shipped Value: China 14.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.6%, Japan 16.1%, Europe 28.2%, Americas 24%, Other 3.6%
Lenses:
Units: China 15.7%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.2%, Japan 8.9%, Europe 31.1%, Americas 27.8%, Other 3.4%
Shipped Value: China 19.1%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 13.3%, Japan 9.5%, Europe 26.8%, Americas 27.2%, Other 4.2%
List of participating CIPA companies can be found here.
