Ouch: Nikon just became the #1 DSLR maker

davidinjp wrote in post #5852479
Japan's Asahi newspaper reports that Nikon assumed the #1 position in DSLR market share for the first 1/2 of 2008. The gory details:

Nikon　　　　 40.7%
CANON　　　 40.6%
SONY　　　　 8.6%
Olympus 5.3%
Pentax 4.4%

The newspaper article referenced http://www.asahi.com …0703/TKY2008070​30479.html

Anyone happen to know how much of a swing in market share that is over the past year or two?

Nikon selling better than Canon in Japan has been happening for a while.

This is just for Japan, correct? And only from a sample?

Around, I see WAY more Canon DSLRs (although they are mostly XTs and XTIs) than Noinks.

Wow, I hope this doesn't affect my images...

nw85887 wrote in post #5854159
This is just for Japan, correct? And only from a sample?

Around, I see WAY more Canon DSLRs (although they are mostly XTs and XTIs) than Noinks.

Ya, it is for the Japan market. I did not catch that on first read. Anyway, I'm still curious to know what the market share trend is globally. Hard to find reliable data online.

davidinjp wrote in post #5852479
Japan's Asahi newspaper reports that Nikon assumed the #1 position in DSLR market share for the first 1/2 of 2008.

I would venture to guess that that is more a function of pent-up demand among Nikon-users finally being met with their latest camera bodies.

Considering that Nikon has traditionally been the SLR of choice among photogs in Japan, it's really more of a gradual return to the status quo.

As others have stated, competition is a great thing.

Right Cranium Imaging wrote in post #5854124
Im not sure if this would be true. I have 0 statistical data to back this up, but just based on what I see around I would guess neither Canon nor Nikon would lead in the P&S field. Again, just what I have seen, but tons of Kodak and Olympus and I have probably seen more Casio than any of them.

I think you are probably right. I see tons of Sony and Panasonics too.

no wonder my cameras don't work as well as they did last week.

We, the consumers, will eventually see the benefit of this competition. It can only drive down prices and improve the product. How can we loose?

But I hope Casio doesn't win, I like their watches, but not much else.

Richard

I don't see why people are talking about P&S cameras here.

Does the title not say #1 DSLR maker

davidinjp wrote in post #5852479
Japan's Asahi newspaper reports that Nikon assumed the #1 position in DSLR market share for the first 1/2 of 2008. The gory details:

Nikon　　　　 40.7%
CANON　　　 40.6%
SONY　　　　 8.6%
Olympus 5.3%
Pentax 4.4%

The newspaper article referenced http://www.asahi.com …0703/TKY2008070​30479.html

Anyone happen to know how much of a swing in market share that is over the past year or two?

Whether it's for Japan or the entire world market, I'm sure not going to get upset over a lousy one tenth of one percent difference...

Wilt wrote in post #5852889
EOS line was launched in 1989 with the EOS 1. So 1989-2007 resulted in 30 million EOS bodies, or an average of 1.7 Million bodies per year.

Actually the first camera in the EOS series was the EOS 650 released in 1987...

http://www.canon.com …ang=us&categ=sr​s&page=eos

Hasselblad's still better.

Wilt wrote in post #5852889
Consider this...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Canon Celebrates Production of 40 millionth EF lens.

...The production date of the 40,000,000th EF lens is just over two years since the 30,000,000th EF Lens was manufactured and just over 1 year since the 30,000,000th EOS camera body was produced.

EOS line was launched in 1989 with the EOS 1. So 1989-2007 resulted in 30 million EOS bodies, or an average of 1.7 Million bodies per year.

Not sure how many ended up like this tho..

http://paradoxoff.com …of-the-canon-cameras.html

cdifoto wrote in post #5863284
Hasselblad's still better.

For what?

My John Deere is better than a Ferrari.....if I need to move dirt.

hommedars wrote in post #5865046
For what?

For everything!