Posts published in “Research”

A UK survey sponsored by Fujifilm Instax has identified a resurgence in interest in printed photos through 2020. The December, 2020 survey of 2000 adults… Read more

While 2020 has been a bad year for sales of cameras and lenses, with Covid adding to the woes of a sector already grappling with inroads from smartphones, the latest shipment and financial data shows that some camera makers have cause for optimism. Nikon is not among them. Read more

A recent report coming out of the Japanese information service Nikkei.com rates Canon as the market leader in interchangeable cameras for 2019, with daylight second, while Sony occupies an equally dominant position in the mirrorless segment, which this year is dominating the category. Read more

Australians’ love of the bricks and mortar shopping experience, and the convenience of Australia’s large shopping centre network, has played a key role in slowing the growth of ecommerce relative to other countries - until COVID arrived. Read more

The CIPA camera shipment figures from January to June are a pig. Here’s the lipstick; they were better in June than May and better for… Read more

Photo output providers face three challenges, according to US market analyst Suite 48 Analytics: how to avoid margin-eating price discounts; how to be relevant to… Read more

While the latest CIPA figures and the impacts of the coronavirus cast a bit of a pall over the photo industry, it's not all gloom and doom! The results from Photo Review's 2020 Reader Survey has painted a positive picture regarding future purchasing trends and photo printing intentions. Read more

The global camera market continued 2019's downward trajectory in the first month of 2020, with January shipments from the Japanese manufacturers down almost 20 percent overall. Read more

CIPA (Japanese camera manufacturers' association) figures indicate 2019 was a bad year for camera and lens sales, and 2020 will be even worse. Holy Moly! But the most surprising single piece of data nesting in the CIPA figures is that the average selling price of a mirrorless camera is, converted to Australian dollars, around $980. The average selling price of a DSLR, on the other hand is a mere $532! Read more

Sigma, one of the leading specialist camera lens manufacturers, has released twice as many Sony E-mount lenses in the last two years than it has… Read more