CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2025, black: 2024, blue: 2023):
April 2025 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
(All comparisons to YTD 2024)
Narrative: April 2025
CIPA has predicted 6.66m ILCs, 1.1.92m compacts and 10.56m lenses for calendar 2025, a modest increase over 2024. We’re currently projecting between 5.9m and 7.5m ILC units. That’s an increase from last month’s prediction of between 5.39m and 7.18m ILC units.
For the first four months of 2025, DSLR’s are down 18% in units and 22% in shipped value, Mirrorless units are up 20% in units and 15% in shipped value, Compacts are up 16% in units and 36% in shipped value, lenses for smaller than 35mm sensors are up 9% in units and shipped value, and lenses for 35mm and larger sensors are down 2% in units and down 4% in shipped value.
That compares to:
A list of participating CIPA companies can be found here.
