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A few new BCNRanking digital camera stats

By [NR] admin | Published: January 15, 2020

BCNRanking released their digital camera awards for last year – keep in mind that BCN Ranking is a POS database that collects daily data from approximately 40% of the Japanese electronics retailers and online stores (click for larger view):

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The latest BCN Ranking report

By [NR] admin | Published: December 3, 2019

While I was offline last week, multiple websites reported that Sony surpassed Canon and Nikon in the full-frame market. Some websites even went further and declared Sony as the winner in the camera wars. The original report came from BCNRanking and claimed that Sony’s full-frame market share went from 31% to 38%, while Canon dropped to 36% […]

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Japanese camera market share: Canon 37.3%, Nikon 26.7%, Sony 13.1%

By [NR] admin | Published: June 10, 2019

BCN Ranking (BCN+R) published new data on the Japanese camera market share from April 2018 to March 2019: Canon: 37.3% Nikon: 26.7% Sony: 13.1% Translated text:

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The latest Japanese full-frame mirrorless market share (April, 2019): Sony: 50%, Canon: 30%, Nikon: 15%

By [NR] admin | Published: May 21, 2019

BCN Ranking published the latest Japanese full-frame mirrorless market share for the month of April (this data is only for full-frame mirrorless cameras, full-frame DSLRs are obviously not included). Here is the breakdown by camera models:

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December full-frame mirrorless camera market share in Japan – Sony: 66.4%, Canon: 17.5%, Nikon: 16%

By [NR] admin | Published: February 4, 2019

BCN ranking published a new graph on the state of the full-frame mirrorless market in Japan from August 2018 to December 2018 (when the latest Nikon and Canon mirrorless cameras were announced). The sales for December 2018 are – Sony: 66.4%, Canon: 17.5%, Nikon: 16%.

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The 2019 BCN rankings are out

By [NR] admin | Published: January 15, 2019

The 2019 BCN rankings are out:

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BCN Ranking report on the state of the full-frame market in Japan (Oct. 2017 – Oct. 2018)

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2018

Over a week ago BCN Ranking published a new graph on the state of the full-frame market in Japan from October 2017 to October 2018 (already discussed over at PhotoRumors). Some additional information:

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The latest full-frame mirrorless camera market share – Sony: 67%, Canon: 22.1%, Nikon: 10.4%

By [NR] admin | Published: November 7, 2018

BCN Ranking published their latest market share data for full frame mirrorless cameras. The first graph shows how Sony’s nearly 100% market share fell down to 67% after the announcement of the Nikon Z7 and Canon EOS R (Sony in blue: 67%, Canon in red: 22.1%, Nikon in green: 10.4%): Please, note that the Nikon Z6 […]

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BCN Ranking surprise: Nikon at the #1 spot in fixed lens cameras in Japan with 31% market share

By [NR] admin | Published: July 22, 2018

BCN Ranking (now called BCN+R) published their digital camera ranking for the first half of 2018 and there is a surprise: In the first half of 2018, Nikon got at the #1 spot in the fixed lens camera segment with a market share of 31% (Canon is now at the #2 spot). I am not sure […]

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The 2018 BCN camera rankings are out (Nikon sales in Japan: cameras up, lenses down)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 16, 2018

BCN published their camera rankings for 2018 and Nikon actually increased their market share in the DSLR and compact camera categories while losing lens market share for a fifth consecutive year (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores):

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