BCN has released its lens rankings for the first half of 2023. Just in case you don't know, BCN is a sales tracking company in Japan. They track well over 50% of all sales in Japan and assemble the results for us. So this data is quite indicative of the Japanese camera market. You can correlate these results out from Japan, but the market for the rest of the world is usually slightly different.
According to BCN, which focuses on unit sales, the top-selling lens is the Sony E mount version of the Tamron 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD Model A071. Canon's top-selling lens is the Canon EF 50mm 1.8 STM. Yes, I wrote that right, the EF mount lens. Just goes to show that even after nearly 5 years, Canon still sells a lot of the 50mm for the EF mount. Their EF mount base is just simply that large, even after Canon's best efforts to get people to switch to the RF mount.
Canon overall has 3 lenses in the top 10, the Canon EF 50mm F1.8 STM, Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM and the Canon RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM. I found it a little surprising that the RF 100-400 f/5.6-8 STM outsold the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM, but there's a lot to be said for a 100-400 well under $750.
Tamron's Sony lenses did quite well, taking the overall #1 and #3 spot, and Sony themselves are left out of the top 10 altogether. Thoughts and prayers.
Here's the complete list of the top 10 lenses.
- Tamron 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD Model A071
- Canon EF 50mm F1.8 STM
- Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 Model A063
- OM Digital Solutions M.Zuiko DIGITAL ED 75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
- Canon RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
- Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary For FUJIFILM X
- Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM
- Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
- Nikon NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2
- Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
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* The EF nifty fifty still outsells the RF one.
For both Canon and Nikon, SLR lenses are higher on the list but both have 2 mirrorless ones.
* Tamron has 2 f/2.8 lenses.
* Nikon has an S lens.
* OM is still popular on the list.
The two Nikon Z lenses at the bottom of the list is probably good news for Nikon. Probably, because like the sales rankings on Amazon the rank order from BCN here says nothing about the actual number of units sold, so the #1 Tamron 28-200 could have sold 50 or 100 times as many copies as the #10 Nikon 24-120.
The other important thing to keep in mind (stating the obvious) is that for most people these are lenses bought to supplement the kit lens(es) that came with their MILC.
I knew someone who had multiple Canon APS-C DSLRs and lenses, and used them regularly but was not sure what sensor size the cameras have.
And that includes kit lenses.
Very interesting that the EF 50mm f/1.8 outsells the RF version (or any other non-kit RF lens) - price obviously matters - and most people realise quickly that such a lens can be easily and effectively adapted on an R series body.
That said, the general impression is that Asian market has tended to buy smaller bodies and EF-M lenses aren't included - even though there are only a couple left. They also tend to buy newer tech so Canon must still be selling a lot of lower end EF bodies within Japan.
Most people use this lens under reasonable daylight, so even f8 is bright enough. Only on the internet(dpreview & YouTube) that there's absurd amount of people claiming they need a f2.8 tele zoom and demands sub 1000USD MSRP:rolleyes:
I understand you want to stick with the EF100-400L mk2, that lens is still holding up well against the RF100-500L, FE100-400GM and Z100-400. But RF100-400 will handle 80% of EF100-400L mk2's roles while being much lighter. The 'dark-side' is always tempting.:devilish::sneaky:
Not a surprise. Nor is your continued trolling.
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