Stolen from 1001 Noisy Cameras
This sales chart is from North America. What I find surprising is where the D90 is placed on the chart. I expected it to be higher.
I spoke with 2 retailers in the last week and both said dSLR sales have been soft in general. There have been a few exceptions, both said the XSi was selling like gangbusters and they'd both sold their expected allotment of 5D2's. Both stores have D90's in stock as well as D700's, neither has ever run out of stock on the cameras. Economics? or is the prosumer market showing signs of saturation?
The death of Canon doesn't appear to be imminent.
The Chart
| B4 | Now | Camera Name | Price |
| 1 | 1 | Canon A590 IS  |
$120 (down $7) |
| 4 | 2 | Canon SD1100 IS blue |
$164 |
| 3 | 3 | Canon D-Rebel XSi w/18-55 EF-S IS, black [Top DSLR] |
$655 |
| 5 | 4 | Canon SD790 IS silver |
$205 (down $15) |
| 6 | 5 | Canon SD880 IS silver [Top Wide] [Hot] |
$267 |
| 15 | 6 | Canon G10 [Jump] |
$464 (down $24) |
| 2 | 7 | Canon SD1100 silver |
$171 |
| NEW | 8 | Sony A300 w/18-70 DT |
$600 (corrected) |
| 7 | 9 | Panasonic FZ28K [Top Hyperzoom] [Top Zoom] |
$303 |
| 8 | 10 | Panasonic TZ5K |
$230 via Vanns |
| 9 | 11 | Canon SX10 IS [Hot] |
$373 |
| NEW | 12 | Kodak C713 pink |
$80 (down $10) |
| 14 | 13 | Canon SD1100 pink |
$165 |
| RE | 14 | Nikon D40 w/18-55 DX |
$440 (down $16) |
| 23 | 15 | Nikon D90 w/18-105 DX VR [Jump] |
$1220 |
| 12 | 16 | Sony W120 black |
$149 |
| 13 | 17 | Panasonic TZ5A |
$230 via Vanns |
| NEW | 18 | Canon SD880 IS gold [Hot] |
$266 |
| 17 | 19 | Nikon S550 black |
$170 |
| NEW | 20 | Canon SD990 IS black [Hot] |
$368 (down $9) |
| 11 | 21 | Canon SD1100 brown [Drop] |
$171 |
| RE | 22 | Sony H50 |
$343 |
| 16 | 23 | Canon 50D body only [Top Price] [Hot] |
$1371 at OneCall (up $36) |
| RE | 24 | Canon SX110 IS black |
$245 |
| RE | 25 | Canon SD950 IS |
$300 (down $11) |
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13 Comments
I think it’s a symptom of Canon bringing their cameras late to market. You see, Nikon has had more time to show off their ‘uber cool’ D90 and D700 (groundbreaking cameras), without any “destined evolution” mumbo-jumbo. As well, the 50D was a bit of a blunder – Canon already had a 40D with just a few less megapixels and an extra custom setting; there was no point to spend time making another of the same camera. If they left the 40D and spent time on making the 5D2 on par with the D700 features, then they’d be better off. Why make the same thing twice?
indifferent:
There was no brand bashing. Merely stating a fact of things going on in retail at this moment. The 50D costs a bunch more than the D90, so it’s impossible to compare the two.
What you can start to see is the prosumer market is either stagnant or stocks of the cameras are just low. When the D80 launched, it sold like gangbusters out of the gate. Again, I expected the D90 to do the same.
In Canada, the D700 has NOT sold well. I’ve spoken to various retail outlets and they all say the same thing. It’s a $4500 upgrade for most people, and they look elsewhere or stick with their D200/D300’s.
The stores I questioned are not “lousy”. Both are pro dealers and still in business, that says a lot.
I find it almost irrelevant without numbers comparing actual sales, also with the other cameras involved it’s not very useful.
95% of the population will continue to buy the P&S cameras for many reasons, not the least of which are that they like the size/convenience/price and don’t need the control, flexibility or quality.
I love dSLR’s and wish they were more popular, but the fact remains that they aren’t and never will be, no matter how many commercials Ashton Kutcher or Avril Lavigne are in.
Also note that the colors of the cameras are split. I don’t care if a blue one outsells a green one. I also really don’t care that a body only outsells a kit with a $50 lens which retails for more than $100 more. I would be interested to know overall body sales of the major players.
Let us not forget that at least as of right now the 5d2 is pre-release and the d700 has been out for about 2 months. Also similarly the d90 has been out for over 6 weeks and the 5d is about 3 weeks old – say nothing of their 30% price difference. These things matter when judging sales figures.
This is all fine for dickwaving but doesn’t really imply let alone prove much.
Where are these figures taken from? I’ve looked and can’t find it. Is this just Amazon.com? Is it data from every camera store in North America? Or something else?
Thank you Canon rumors. I now understand your reasoning.
My apologies if I sounded upset.