CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2024, black: 2023, blue: 2022):
January 2024 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
January was an excellent month for shipments with mirrorless bodies up 58.7%, lenses for smaller than 35mm sensor up 47% and shipped value for larger than 35mm sensors up 35% and just about everything else substantially higher than January 2023. However, the ratio of lenses to bodies shipped is down slightly.
CIPA has predicted 5.89m ILCs, 1.52m compacts and 9.57m lenses for calendar 2024.
That compares to:
2023: 6.001 million bodies (+1.25%), 9.639 million lenses (-0.92%).
2022: 5.927 million bodies (+10.8%), 9.7 million lenses (+1.6%).
2021: 5.348 million bodies (+0.75%), 9.55 million lenses (+6.1%)
2020: 5.308 million bodies (-37.3%), 9 million lenses (-36.6%)
2019: 8.462 million bodies (-21.4%), 14.2 million lenses (-21.1%)
2018: 10.76 million bodies (-7.9%), 18 million lenses (-6.4%)
2017: 11.68 million bodies (+0.6%) 19.22 million lenses (+0.156%)
2016: 11.61 million bodies (-11.1%), 19.19 million lenses (-11.6%)
2015: 13.06 million bodies (-5.6%), 21.7 million lenses (-5.2%)
2014: 13.84 million bodies (-19.2%), 22.9 million lenses (-14.2%)
2013: 17.13 million bodies (-15%), 26.7 million lenses (-12.2%)
2012: 20.16 million bodies (+28.5%), 30.4 million lenses (+16.9%)
2011: 15.69 million bodies (+21.7%), 26.0 million lenses (+19.9%)
2010: 12.89 million bodies (+30%), 21.69 million lenses (+34.7%)
2009: 9.91 million bodies (+2.2%), 16.1 million lenses (+2.5%)
2008: 9.7 million bodies (+17.4%), 15.7 million lenses (+25.6%)
2007: 8.26 million bodies, 12.5 million lenses
January 2024: Cumulative Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to full-year 2023)
DSLR Units : 66,134 +17% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥2.86 billion +5% YTD
Mirrorless Units: 326.8K +59% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥40 billion +68% YTD
Compact Units: 111.5K -1% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥5.2 billion +12% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensors Units: 333.6K +47% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensor Shipped Value: ¥7.08 billion +56% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger sensors Units: 326.2K +16% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger sensors Shipped Value: ¥28.19 billion +35% YTD
Cumulative 2024 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 83.2% (was 78.5% YTD 2023)
Cumulative 2024 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 93.3% (was 89.7% YTD 2023)
The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.68 for YTD 2024. (was 1.94 for YTD 2023).
Full-year 2024 Geographic Share: (Asia doesn’t include China or Japan)
DSLR:
Units: China 07.0%, Asia 13.2%, Japan 6.3%, Europe 35.0%, Americas 37.1%, Other 1.4%
Shipped Value: China 08.4%, Asia 15.3%, Japan 8.2%, Europe 33.4%, Americas 33.3%, Other 1.5%
Mirrorless:
Units: China 23.8%, Asia 20.7%, Japan 10.4%, Europe 20.4%, Americas 19.7%, Other 5.1%
Shipped Value: China 22.8%, Asia 19.8%, Japan 09.3%, Europe 20.3%, Americas 21.3%, Other 6.5%
Compacts:
Units: China 05.4%, Asia 11.9%, Japan 18.9%, Europe 22.2%, Americas 33.0%, Other 8.5%
Shipped Value: China 07.0%, Asia 14.1%, Japan 13.6%, Europe 23.4%, Americas 33.7%, Other 8.3%
Lenses:
Units: China 20.0%, Asia 17.8%, Japan 10.8%, Europe 23.0%, Americas 24.6%, Other 3.8%
Shipped Value: China 25.3%, Asia 17.5%, Japan 09.3%, Europe 18.9%, Americas 24.2%, Other 4.8%
Approximate shipped value per unit (at ¥150.44=$1):
DSLR: $288
Mirrorless: $814
Compact: $310
Lenses: $355
