CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2024, black: 2023, blue: 2022):
(All comparisons to YTD 2023)
Narrative: June 2024
Sales compared to last year-to-date are still ahead, but lower than they have been earlier in the year. CIPA has predicted 5.89m ILCs, 1.52m compacts and 9.57m lenses for calendar 2024. Based on 2023 shipping patterns, ILC’s could conceivably come in at 5.7-6.5m units. (That’s lower than we predicted last month). That compares to: