CIPA data for the whole year 2023: Mirrorless makes +10,9%

Finally we got the detailed CIPA camera and lens shipment data for the whole year 2023. It contains a lot of interesting data:

  • Shipment of cameras (fixed and interchangeable) did drop by 3,6% in terms of numbers and increased by 4.9% in terms of value.
  • Shipment of mirrorless cameras increased by 18,6% in terms of numbers and increased by 10,9% in terms of value.
  • Shipment of DSLR cameras did drop by 37.1% in terms of numbers and decreased by 24,8% in terms of value.
  • Shipment of fixed lens cameras did drop by 17,4% in terms of numbers and increased by 8,9% in terms of value.
  • Shipment of interchangeable lenses did drop by 0,9% in terms of numbers and increased by 6,7% in terms of value.

What does this tell us? The decade long decline stopped. In terms of value both mirrorless and lens sames increased quite a bit. So overall we can look forward to a 2024 that should have a similar pace like 2023 had. And this is good as manufacturer now don’t have to fear the market will shrink further.

This is stunning and worrying: AI Generated Videos Just Changed Forever!

This week OpenAi released a demo of Sora (Click here). It’s their text to video generation tool and the samples are impressive! If you are a photographer and/or filmmaker you have to take into account the devastating influence those tools will have on the industry. We have to learn from these tools how they work so that we can adapt are business. Don’t worry, AI is not going to replace the entirety of photography and film making. But if your business is doing stock photography/filmography you might be in trouble :(

January ranking at Mapcamera: Sony A7cII still the best selling camera!

Mapcamera released the official sales date for the month of January:

Top 10 camera sales:

  1. Sony α7C II body
  2. Nikon Z 8
  3. Canon EOS R6 Mark II Body
  4. Fuji X-T5
  5. Sony A9III
  6. Nikon ZF
  7. OM-1
  8. Leica M11-P
  9. Leica Q3
  10. DJI Osmo 3

My take on that ranking:

  • It’s a long time the A7cII is the best selling camera in Japan
  • Sony A9III made it into the top 5 but I don’t think it will stay inside the top 10 of the month of February (too much of an expensive niche camera).
  • I am surprised to see two expensive Leica camera inside the top 10
  • Dji breaks into the top 10 and my guts tell em this si just the beginning for Dji…

New rugged Card reader case on Kickstarter

Asuizo launched their new Card reader case on Kickstarter (Click here). It stores 4x SD cards, 12x Micro SD cards, 4x Nano SIM cards. It protecst your data against dust and moisture and fall. This is how it works:

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