BCNranking collected the 2023 sales data from nearly half of all Japanese stores. And this gives us a pretty accurate idea how companies are doing. In 2023 OM Digital did still manage to keep Nikon at bay and hold on the third place in the mirrorless world.

Here are the detailed of the rankings:

Mirrorless cameras:
1st Sony: 34% share (29.4%)
2nd place Canon: 28.3% share (31.7%)
3rd place OM Digital Solutions: 12.5% ​​share (14.3%)

DSLR cameras:
1st place Canon: 77.1% share (76.8%)
2nd place Nikon: 17.1% share (17.2%)
3rd place Ricoh Imaging: 5.8% share (5.7%)

Fixed lens cameras:
1st place Canon: 22.6% share (18.0%)
2nd place KODAK: 20.7% share (-)
3rd place Fujifilm: 18.1% share (17.1%)

Video cameras:
1st place in the digital video camera category Sony: 38.7% share (34.7%)
2nd place Panasonic: 36.4% share (42.4%)
3rd place DJI: 19.6% share (9.4%)

Action cameras:
1st place in action camera category GoPro: 53.7% share (57.7%)
2nd place Insta360: 18.1% share (7.9%)
3rd place DJI: 15.9% share (20.5%)

Interchangeable Lenses:
1st place Sigma: 17% share (14.5%)
2nd place Tamron: 15.4% share (-)
3rd place Sony: 15.2% share (16.4%)

Tripod/monopod:
1st place Hakuba Photo Industry: 29.6% share (30.9%)
2nd place Videndum Media Solutions/Manfrotto: 14.2% share (15.1%)
3rd place Slick: 14.2% share (14.4%)

Case/bag:
1st place in camera category Hakuba Photo Industry: 45.8% share (41.0%)
2nd place ELECOM: 16.5% share (17.5%)
3rd place Etsumi: 7% share (5.9%)

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Panasonic LUMIX GH5 II – Retrospective Review

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Grant Robert: Best Lenses For Your Panasonic G7 (Zooms and Primes)
OM System – Don’t Leave These Three Lenses Behind (Lee Hoy).
Gift Ideas for Portrait Photographers (Explora).
Best Portable Charger Power Banks (42West).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk :)

Skylum now gives you a free trial access on the new Generative AI tool. If the trial (click here) does convince you you can buy Luminar Neo with an instant 30% discount.

The German company “Spinn Design” is well known for their very popular CW.01 protective camera wrapper (get it here). But they recently amide some new products including this curious speed gum camera mount (Click here). It’s a gum that apparently can hold smaller cameras.

Much more useful in my opinion is this tool head they announced (Click here).

Important: ON all products you save 15% using our checkout code “SD15-QUMN97”

Yodobashi shared the best seller list for the compact camera segment based on their sales the last 2 weeks of December:

1. Ricoh GR IIIx
2. OM SYSTEM Tough TG-7
3. Canon PowerShot SX740 HS
4. Canon IXY 650
5. Sony ZV-1 II
6. Ricoh GR III
7. Leica Q3
8. Kodak PIXPRO WPZ2
9. Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition
10. Sony Cybershot RX100 VII

You can now get the new Excire Foto 2024 (click here).

Press text:

The Excire/PRC team just launched a groundbreaking Lightroom Classic plugin, Excire Search 2024, which brings the company’s innovative AI image-management software directly into the Lightroom interface and is poised to change the game for Lightroom users everywhere.

You and I have communicated previously about Excire Foto 2024, which debuted back in the fall, and I’m pleased to report that the Excire team has successfully integrated the most powerful tools from the standalone program into the new Excire Search plugin. Highlights include:

• Search by Text Prompt: Instantly locate any photo in your Lightroom catalog with a simple text description.
• Intelligent aesthetics ratings: AI-powered ratings highlight your finest work for faster, easier culling.
• Enhanced auto-keywording: Excire’s intelligent, precise file tagging ensures effortless image categorization within Lightroom.
• Search for People: Find and manage photos of specific individuals using state-of-the-art facial recognition.
• Next-gen duplicate management: Streamline image culling and keep your Lightroom catalog organized by rapidly identifying duplicate files, near-duplicate files, and burst sequences.

The Excire Search 2024 plugin is an essential addition to any Lightroom user’s toolkit; with the aid of Excire’s cutting-edge image-management features, Lightroom Classic users can organize, cull, and search for images faster and more effectively than ever before.