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Statista published those two charts that once more highlight the impact of the smartphone business on sales of digital cameras. They writes:
According to CIPA, a Japan-based industry group with members such as OM Digital Solutions (formerly Olympus), Canon and Nikon, worldwide camera shipments dropped by 94 percent between 2010 and 2023, wiping out decades of growth. The steep decline was mainly driven by a drop-off in shipments of digital cameras with built-in lenses, the type that casual photographers used to rely on prior to the rise of smartphone photography. In 2023, CIPA members shipped just 1.7 million cameras with built-in lens, down from almost 109 million in 2010.
The downtrend seems to have been bottomed out. The next years should be more stable and there might be even some small sales increase with youngsters being very much interested in cameras that give them a certain edge over classic smartphone photography. For example: The Pentax 17 film camera and the FujiFilm X100VI are selling hot because of their unique values. Let’s see if Sony gets it and will update their RX lineup...
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Here is a new leaked image of the upcoming Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM II (SEL85F14GM2). The image was leaked by Mike on Reddit. Sony will announce the lens on August 28 at 3 p.m. London time. It will be a bit smaller and lighter than the old 85mm GM. It can be seen that it uses a new ALC-SH180 lens hood.
Compared to the old lens, the new version has a new location for the customization button, a new IRIS lock and aperture marks that are now under the aperture ring. Image quality is said to be much improved over its seven-year-old predecessor.
I am 99% sure that no other new Alpha lenses or cameras will be announced on August 28. Sony’s next announcement should follow in early September, before the start of the IBC trade show.
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Thanks to the tipster!
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Yodobashi reports that during the first half of August the APS-C camera sales did particularly well:
As you see, most cameras are APS-C. And the new ZV-E10II is selling well (as expected). Sitll think that a Sony A7000 high end APS-C would sell hot if Sony would have the courage to launch this!
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