BCN: Sony and Canon tied for first place in December, Nikon absent from top ten

On January 14, BCN announced the sales of mirrorless cameras in mainstream Japanese camera stores in December 2020. The sales volume of mirrorless cameras in the month was 70.4% in the same period last year, down from 84.5% in November.

In terms of the overall market share of each brand, Sony has been the leader for several consecutive months, but Canon has been catching up very quickly. This month it finally caught up with Sony. The two factories tied for the first place with 25.7%; it is worth noting that the fourth The famous Fuji skyrocketed, reaching 14.3%, quite likely to replace Olympus.

Among the top 10 best-selling cameras, the Canon EOS Kiss M2 (ie EOS M50 second generation) finally entered the top ten, ranking third, with very good sales, but still lost to the top-ranked Canon EOS Kiss M (ie EOS). M50 generation); Sony α6400 ranked second, with a slight gap from the first place. Surprisingly, the expensive α7c ranked fourth, replacing the α7 III last month and becoming the only full-frame camera on the list. type. Fuji's X-S10 and X-A7 are still in the top ten, but they are ranked ninth and tenth respectively, and are somewhat precarious.

Among other brands, although Olympus occupies three seats, the overall market share has fallen severely; Panasonic has only one long-launched GF9 on the list, while Nikon simply absent from the hot sales list this month.

*BCN ranking data comes from mainstream consumer electronics retailers in Japan, including physical stores and electronic mall POS data, covering about 40% of the market.