Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2025, black: 2024, blue: 2023):
October 2025 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
(All comparisons to YTD 2024)
Narrative: October 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 6.95m and 7.02m ILC units. That’s up from last month’s prediction.
October 2025 shipments are up substantially from September 2025 and up from October 2024, except for DSLRs and full-frame lenses.
For the first ten months of 2025, DSLR’s are down 27% in units and 32% in shipped value, Mirrorless units are up 12% in units and 3% in shipped value. Compacts are up 27% in units and 50% in shipped value, Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensors are up 9% in units and 21% in shipped value, and lenses for 35mm and larger sensors are down 4% in units and down 6% in shipped value. The lens to body sales ratio has dropped to 1.51 compared to 1.57 a year ago.
