DSLR vs Mirrorless Sales Numbers
Jun 1, 2017 10:23:01 #
CIPA, the Camera & Imaging Products Association, released the shipment data for April 2017. Mirrorless camera shipments were up +90% compared to April 2016. At the same time DSLR shipments went down by 11%.
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Jun 1, 2017 10:54:43 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
I'm not surprised at all. Mirrorless is here to stay, Nikon, and Canon do have mirrorless, but have a ways to go to match Panasonic, Sony, and Fujifilm.
Jun 1, 2017 10:56:31 #
bsprague wrote:
CIPA, the Camera & Imaging Products Association, released the shipment data for April 2017. Mirrorless camera shipments were up +90% compared to April 2016. At the same time DSLR shipments went down by 11%.
I am not in those statistics. I do not have GAS. My DSLR and Nikon lenses are fine for my purpose.No need to buy a Mirrorless.
Jun 1, 2017 11:02:22 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
I am not in those statistics. I do not have GAS. My DSLR and Nikon lenses are fine for my purpose.No need to buy a Mirrorless.
"My DSLR and Nikon lenses are fine"
I once had two Nikon bodies and nine lenses. It was a happy divorce!
Jun 1, 2017 11:03:14 #
RobertW wrote:
Sounds logical
The fun part is that you get to pay more for a camera without a part.
Jun 1, 2017 11:05:17 #
MtnMan wrote:
The fun part is that you get to pay more for a camera without a part.
but you get hullva lot more features and customization options...or at least that's the case with mine.
Jun 1, 2017 11:21:13 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
but you get hullva lot more features and customization options...or at least that's the case with mine.
What are some of your favorite features and options? Mine on a Panasonic is silent shooting while still having a fully functional viewfinder.
Jun 1, 2017 11:26:16 #
bsprague wrote:
What are some of your favorite features and options. Mine on a Panasonic is silent shooting while still having a fully functional viewfinder.
Best on the market IBIS.
Live Composite...aka, the easy star trails/aurora mode.
Silent mode.
Virtually every button can be reconfigured to be some other function.
WYSIWYG Electronic Viewfinder.
Jun 1, 2017 11:45:40 #
I think a big reason for the notable upswing in MIL camera popularity is because they have improved to the point where they have become interesting to serious photographers.
Jun 1, 2017 13:24:47 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
bsprague wrote:
CIPA, the Camera & Imaging Products Association, released the shipment data for April 2017. Mirrorless camera shipments were up +90% compared to April 2016. At the same time DSLR shipments went down by 11%.
No doubt eventually mirrorless will probably replace DSLRs, but the percentages you quote say nothing about actual numbers. How many cameras are we talking about for each camera type? And what range were those gains and losses in? Beginner? Enthusiast? Professional? Percentages alone do not tell the complete story. As an example, if 10 mirrorless camera sales go to 19, that would be a 90% increase. If a million DSLR camera sales go down to 890,000, that would be an 11% decease. Clearly in my extreme example, 890,000 is a whole lot more than 19. This is an example oh how using percentages alone can be misleading. I'm not disputing the general trend, but percentages alone may skew the big picture to support a particular point of view.
Without context the percentages you indicate are Interesting and show a trend but little else. Additionally, how many of these mirrorless cameras sold are lower end bodies or point and shoots? Again one must be careful about drawing conclusions from limited statistical data.
Jun 1, 2017 13:32:12 #
mwsilvers wrote:
No doubt eventually mirrorless will probably repla... (show quote)
Thank you for saving me the trouble of pointing that out. If you have low numbers to start with percentages don't mean much.
But I do believe the only thing that will prevent mirrorless from eventually overtaking DSLR sales is some new technology that hasn't been thought of yet.
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Jun 1, 2017 13:32:34 #
mwsilvers wrote:
No doubt eventually mirrorless will probably repla... (show quote)
What ever the actual numbers are, means canikon is loosing sales.
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