CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2024, black: 2023, blue: 2022):
October 2024 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
(All comparisons to YTD 2023)
Narrative: October 2024
Highest monthly shipments of the calendar year so far for mirrorless and APS-C lenses (probably getting ready for holiday buying).
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 6.47-6.55m units. (That’s higher than we predicted last month).
That compares to: