This decline is directly attributable to Sony and Canons poor product decisions along with the general market decline.
Anyone worked out Canon's worldwide market shares for the first 3Q of 2018?
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This decline is directly attributable to Sony and Canons poor product decisions along with the general market decline.
Sony does not lead in mirrorless. IN the U.S. FF market... yes. Because there was no competition. Mirrorless sales overall and in all markets? Not even close. https://photorumors.com/2018/08/01/...ket-share-latest-nikkei-bcn-and-cipa-reports/"our sales declined by 22.4% in the third quarter." Precisely as I predicted several months ago due to Sony's lead in mirrorless cameras. I believe, however, that will change significantly over the next two quarters as Canon releases or announces more cameras and lenses in the R series. I've already got an EOS R (to replace my 6D), and plan to get the pro-level R when it becomes available. And if the R series lenses continue to be as impressive as the first few, I can see Canon's market share significantly improving over the next two years. I almost bailed to Sony, but now I'm very glad I waited.
https://photorumors.com/2018/08/01/...ket-share-latest-nikkei-bcn-and-cipa-reports/Anyone worked out Canon's worldwide market shares for the first 3Q of 2018?
Its a stills camera with video, not a video camera. Thats been Canon's philosophy, primarily due to demand from photographers.
If a person is looking for cinema quality video, they are not going to find it in a $2200 stills camera from Canon.
Sony is the Industry leader in Video, and does put more into their cameras. Video has always been a strong point for them, Canon is moving up in the video world, but thru a separate line of cameras.
I haven't bothered to try the Video in my R, I bought it as a stills camera that does video in the rare event that I want some.
While I know that some want Canon to change their philosophy, they are not likely to change what works for them. They continue to gain market share, every year, so they feel they are doing it right.
More importantly though, what are the EF lens sales like for the quarter? That might be another way of getting an idea on the markets.
Ah OK, I was hoping to be able to see if it was just bodies (people waiting for the mirrorless) or lenses too (which admittedly wouldn't tell us much as that could be for more reasons)They changed their method of displaying sales figures, so I could not see a way to track lens sales, apparently they are lumped together.
Well, some people (like me) may remember that your statement wouldn't have been true about 10 yrs ago. Canon really revolutionized the HD video market back then with the 5D Mk II. But, unfortunately for all videographers amongst the majority of Canon users, Canon came up with their new Cinema EOS series in 2011. Since then, they are anxious about cannbalizing this high-priced pro series, so they started to cripple the video technology of their FF DSLRs, and now they do the same with their R series. The 1DX series proves that a lack of video technology isn't the bottleneck. I do not expect Canon to change that philosophy with a "pro R" model as long as they hope they can beat Sony in the ML market without giving their customers too much food for their money. They will only change their minds if this strategy turns out to be not successful.Its a stills camera with video, not a video camera. Thats been Canon's philosophy, primarily due to demand from photographers.
If a person is looking for cinema quality video, they are not going to find it in a $2200 stills camera from Canon.
Sony is the Industry leader in Video, and does put more into their cameras. Video has always been a strong point for them, Canon is moving up in the video world, but thru a separate line of cameras.
Hmmm, Sony just posted Quarterly Results - For Imaging they reported a GAIN of 7% while canon posted a 22% decline! Yikes...
CIPA numbers for the first 3Q of 2018 are out. Canon's market shares for ILC over the first 3Q of 2018 is 41.6%. Although I am sure they are still no. 1, this represents a decline of what they used to achieve in 2016 and 2017.
There are others like Nikkei who estimate market shares based on figures from selected camera sellers.