BillB said:The top 3 in lens sales account for just over 50% of total sales, so the difference between 3rd place and the next places is likely pretty small. Also, Sigma and Tamron sell a lot more Canon mount lenses than Nikon does. Canon's share of lens sales is a lot smaller than its share of DSLR sales. This is also be true of Nikon as well. More competition for lens sales, thanks to Sigma and Tamron. I wonder how things look in the North American market.
Yeah, for sure. Fourth place will account for less than 13.7% of the marketplace, since that is Tamron I suspect it must be Nikon, and Olympus and Sony, probably in that order. If you give those 3 an average of 8% each, you're at nearly at 80% of the market.
I think you meant that Sigma and Tamron sell a lot more Canon mount lenses than they do Nikon mount lenses - the way you put it.. it sounds like Nikon is in the business of selling Canon mount lenses, but not doing a very good job of it
Mt Spokane Photography said:Obviously, big consumer stores like Best Buy sell lots of Sony. I don't recall ever seeing a Sony high end, or any for that matter, in Costco, thats because they do not allow discounts. Costco and Sams club sell zillions of cameras, so Sony is really missing out there. Its their sales policy rooted in the ancient past that is to blame.
In our area, Best Buy sells last generation cameras for the bargain price of current generation cameras. On the shelves are cameras like 6D and 5D Mark III for absurdly expensive prices. For current generation product, the highest end product they have for Canon is the Rebel line. In display cases, a lot of the lenses are
Of course, they tell you they can order anything in, but the reality of it is that they're not going to get many (if any) sales of high end stuff they don't keep on hand, when there are plenty of camera shops that do -- with cheaper online options if local inventory isn't important to you.
Costco around here mostly have mid-range APSC kits with a bunch of extra accessories. Like t7i with a couple of lenses, a spare battery, and bag for a thousand bucks. I don't think I've ever seen a body only, or kits that contain bodies in the $1k+ range.
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