CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2024, black: 2023, blue: 2022):
December 2024 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
(All comparisons to YTD 2023)
Narrative: December 2024
CIPA has predicted 5.89m ILCs, 1.52m compacts and 9.57m lenses for calendar 2024. The year came in at 6.61m ILCs, 1.88m compacts and 10.3m lenses. That’s the best showing since 2019, but ILC body shipments are still just 32.8% of 2012 and lenses are just 33.9% of 2012 shipments.
That compares to (click for larger view):