Best selling cameras in Japan in 2013: where is Fujifilm? + analyst forecast: only Canikon and Sony will survive
mirrorless market shares
On the Japanese site BCNranking here you can see the sale ranking of cameras (in Japan) in 2013. No surprise: DSLR’s still rule them all.
Anyway, mirrorless cameras are selling pretty well in Japan (far better than in USA). But where is Fujfilm? Once again, we X-shooters can’t really beam with joy when we look at the sales of Fuji cameras until now. Unfortunately we are still a very, very small niche.
At the same time, a smart guy at Credit Suisse predicted the end of mirrorless cameras here. According to the analyst, only Canon, Nikon and Sony will survive in the fiercely contested camera market!
But, I don’t know you, whatever analysts and sale ranking say, I think the Fuji X-system has its chips to play… the IQ, the Fujicolors, the retro experience, the controls, the look, the size, the Fujinon lenses, the Kaizen spirit, the fun…
And history has shown us: every giant has to fall one day! Yesterday Kodak, today Nokia and tomorrow… maybe Canikon!
No, honestly, I’d just be happy to see Fuji sell more, so that they don’t loose money with their imaging division and continue to develop their beautiful X-line. I think Fuji deserves it, the effort they put in producing so many great lenses and cameras in such a short time is incredible.
May 2014 be a good year for Fujifilm and all X-shooters out there.
cheers
