The Nikkei Asian Review has released its 2019 worldwide market share report for camera manufacturers, as well as other industries.
The big 3 are still the big 3, but we have a new #2.
- Canon 45.4% (+ 2.4)
- Sony 20.2% (+ 0.9)
- Nikon 18.6% (- 1.6)
- Fujifilm Holdings 4.7% (- 0.4)
- Panasonic 4.7% (0.0 )
Interestingly, Canon increased its market share over 2018 by 2.4%, however the overall market contracted 22.4%. So they have a larger piece of a smaller pie again.
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Inkjet Printers: Canon -- 26.5%
CMOS Sensors: Sony -- 53.5%
Diagnostic Imaging Equipment: Canon -- 9.4%
Soft Drinks: Coca-Cola -- 47% :)
I know it was a humorous reply but...
No they can't there are printer identifiers on every piece of paper out of a high end printer so investigators know where it came from, and most printing software won't allow you to print copies of paper money anyway.
People go into a camera stores with a budget, and stick to it. While hanging around camera store, I've never heard people (90%) asking about Ibis, rolling shutter, DR, etc....
Canon got the camera esthetic SPOT ON. Their design is curved, flushed, robust. I think they've got most of the women customers.
On one of my visits to one of the oldest such stores I witnessed a lady coming in, wanting to purchase a new Camera. She said the sales person that she would like to go with Canon, as she already had an old rebel and a kit lens in the past. I was pretty surprised when I heard them answer that she might want to consider other brands, as Canon had struggled to compete with newer offerings and her kit lens didn't tie her into the ecosystem. I didn't listen to the rest of the exchange.
The point here is, the endless 'Canon is *******' talk may not really get through to people who don't visit forums to such a degree as us folks here. But it can still reach them in other ways.
On the other hand, I know two people who wanted to go for a better camera than their smartphone and ended up with Rebels (800D and 200D). They weren't influenced by me, so Canon's definitely still appealing to a lot of people. Obviously, the market share numbers are far better proof of this than anecdotes :LOL:
Guess I don't really have a point here. Just wanted to share an experience regarding the existance of camera stores and people purchasing Canon.
In the twisted reality that is the internet, none of this matters anyway. Canon is ******* ;)
I wonder about Fuji. Does their 4.7% cut give their shareholders a sufficient return on their investment to keep them in the game long term?
I don't pretend to know -- maybe the numbers are great. But in comparison, Nikon looks fantastic (based on this single metric.)
There are patterns of little yellow circles on most countries' paper money (it even has a nickname, EUrion), and any current-model printer or scanner will shut down when they see those patterns.