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Yahoo Japan: “Z mount suddenly rises to second place in interchangeable lenses, finally escaping from regular single-digit share”

Yahoo Japan (translation) published an article called “Z mount suddenly rises to second place in interchangeable lenses, finally escaping from regular single-digit share“. Here is a quote from the article:

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Nikon gaining back market share in Japan thanks to the Z8 camera

The Japanese BCN retail ranking published an article called “Nikon rises to 3rd place in the mirrorless market, with the release of the Z8” (Google translated): “Nikon ‘s market share is steadily increasing in mirrorless single-lens cameras . The sales share by manufacturer in May 2023 will be 12.9%. It overtook OM Digital Solutions (former […]

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The latest Nikon, Canon, and Pentax DSLR camera sales data from BCN+R

BCN+R published their latest DSLR camera sales data – Nikon DSLR sales are down, Canon DSLR sales are up, while Ricoh/Pentax DSLR sales remain virtually unchanged: From the BCN+R report (Google translated):

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Interesting: the same number of Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Fujifilm X lenses were sold in Japan last month

BCN Ranking released a new report on the latest sales data for the Japanese market – it is interesting that the same number of Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Fujifilm X interchangeable lenses were sold at the end of last year in Japan (click for larger view):

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BCN Ranking on the Nikon Z fc, the latest camera share numbers from Japan and why Nikon is not included in their graphs

BCN Ranking published an article on the new Nikon Z fc camera and provided the latest overall interchangeable-lens camera sales data from Japan (see graph above):

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Thom Hogan explains how stupid it is to draw conclusions from the BCN Ranking numbers

BCN Ranking, just like Amazon’s best-selling camera rankings, are useless to draw conclusions about which brand is doing better, and yet certain fanboys are still using them to create clickbait blog posts. But don’t listen to me, just go and read Thom’s latest article “Why I Don’t Put Much Credence in BCN Market Share Numbers“. […]

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The latest Japanese full-frame cameras market share report from BCN Ranking

BCN Ranking published their latest full-frame cameras market share report for the Japanese market (see the translation). BCN Ranking collects real sales data from approximately 40% of the Japanese retailers – this is not a worldwide market share report. Previous BCN reports can be found here. Via Photo Rumors

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BCN Ranking published 2020 Japanese camera market share report

BCN Ranking released their 2020 Japanese camera market share report (not worldwide!). BCN Ranking collects real sales data only from approximately 40% of the Japanese retailers. The Nikon related numbers: Nikon point and shoot camera share went down (no longer in the top three, was #1 last year) Nikon DSLR camera share went up by more than […]

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