The 2017 BCN camera rankings are out – Canon is up, Nikon and Sony are down


BCN published their (preliminary?) camera rankings for 2017 and there are no big surprises:

DSLR cameras

In the DSLR category Nikon’s market share continues to drop:

BCN award/
#1
#2 #3
AWARD 2017 Canon Nikon Ricoh Imaging
AWARD 2016 Canon Nikon Ricoh Imaging
AWARD 2015 Canon Nikon Ricoh Imaging
AWARD 2014 Canon Nikon Ricoh Imaging (5.2%)

Compact (fixed lens) cameras

Nikon still has the #2 spot in the compact camera market (Coolpix) with a 22.1% market share – they actually gained 1.1% this year, probaboly thanks to a single model – the P900:

BCN award/
 #1 #2 #3
AWARD 2017 Canon Nikon Casio
AWARD 2016 Canon Nikon Casio
AWARD 2015 Canon Nikon Casio
AWARD 2014 Canon Nikon Sony

Mirrorless camera

In the mirrorless segment, Canon is #2 after Olympus (Sony’s share is actully shrinking in the past 3 years: 34.3%->24.8%->17.9%):

BCN award/
#1
#2 #3
AWARD 2017 Olympus Canon Sony
AWARD 2016 Olympus Sony Canon
AWARD 2015 Sony Olympus Panasonic
AWARD 2014 Olympus Sony Panasonic

Related posts:

Nikon market share in Japan for 2016 according to BCN ranking

2015 BCN camera rankings are out

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