Canon Celebrates its 14th Consecutive Year of No. 1 Marketshare in Global Interchangeable-Lens Digit

[N2itiv]

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Because people like to champion their brands and gloat about how much better their favorite [ camera | smartphone | gaming console | laptop | tablet | television | car | operating system ] is. Obviously, things that sell more MUST be technically and technologically better, and being the consumer of the top brand MUST make the customer smarter.

I can understand people sticking with a brand because of investment and the brand ecosystem but acting superior about it is simply childish. I have an admiration for all camera technology but can also easily get bored with the 'gear lust' aspect of it.

It's a Canon jedi mind trick. All us Lukes are supposed to want it.

 

[AvTvM]

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depending on whether Nikon or Canon manage to sell the very last DSLR, that company will have 100% market share. In the mirrorslapper category. ;D

And yes, it often helps to not just look at % figures (marketshare) but at absolute numbers: units sold, sales revenue.

 

[Woody]

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depending on whether Nikon or Canon manage to sell the very last DSLR, that company will have 100% market share. In the mirrorslapper category. ;D

Except the figures given are for interchangeable lens cameras... regardless of whether they are DSLRs or MILCs.

 

[MossTech]

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I'm confused. "In 2003, the dawn of digital SLR cameras, Canon introduced its breakthrough EOS Digital Rebel." What about the Canon DSLR camera that I was using starting in 2000? Wasn't the D30 the first Canon DSLR camera. I shot my first digital wedding in December of 2000 with it!
Such fond memories.

 

[Valvebounce]

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Hi MossTech.
I think the difference is the price and therefore market penetration, I suspect the D30 sales were very low in comparison to the Digital Rebel (300D?) the first affordable digital camera.

Cheers, Graham.

I'm confused. "In 2003, the dawn of digital SLR cameras, Canon introduced its breakthrough EOS Digital Rebel." What about the Canon DSLR camera that I was using starting in 2000? Wasn't the D30 the first Canon DSLR camera. I shot my first digital wedding in December of 2000 with it!
Such fond memories.

 

[MossTech]

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I see your point Graham. But for the record, in 2000, I had used the Nikon DSLR offering, about $5k, and the Kodak offerings, about $25K! So I thought a 3 MP DSLR for $3k was a bargain! How quickly the technology has changed.