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DSC Sales Dropped in 2016

The digital camera market continues to decline rapidly and the Japan-based Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) said that in 2016, Japanese vendors shipped 24.19 million cameras, a drop of 31.7% from 2015. Consumer devices were the most heavily affected with 12.582 units, down 43.7%; 8.449 million DSLR units, a drop of 13.0%; and 3.159 million MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras), down 5.6%.

Japanese Vendors’ DSC shipments, 2016

Type

Market

Europe

Americas

Asia
(Japan excl)

Japan

Others

Consumer

36.5%

25.1%

17.9%

17.8%

2.7%

DSLR

28.6%

28.3%

31.8%

9.5%

1.8%

MILC

17.6%

10.8%

35.4%

11.8%

24.3%

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