State of the Mirrorless Camera Market

State of the Mirrorless Camera Market

This is to follow up on our previous post on the most popular camera brands used, a.k.a. Apple followed by Canon and Nikon, with both the previous market leaders offering a huge range of individual cameras, so the overall popularity of individual models is likely lost in the diversity. Reference site Flickr has just released […]

World’s Most Popular Camera Brand — Did Apple Just “Pull a Nokia”?

World’s Most Popular Camera Brand — Did Apple Just “Pull a Nokia”?

If Flickr be trusted, the Yahoo-owned social photography site, then Canon is no longer world’s most popular camera brand. It is, I’m afraid, Apple. Have a look at the Flickr Camera Finder page, with graphs showing the number of Flickr members who have uploaded at least one photo or video with a particular camera on […]

Sony Overtakes Canon (in Korea for Now…)

Sony Overtakes Canon (in Korea for Now…)

No. 1: Sony. No. 2: Canon. The difference is not even a percentage point, but for a relative newcomer such as Sony this is quite an achievement. For the first time Sony beats market leader Canon in sales of system cameras. And not anyplace, but in South Korea, an important consumer market with an highly […]

It’s Still a Canon World

It’s Still a Canon World

Canonites and non-Canonites alike may deplore Canon’s lack of innovation. World’s market leader in cameras and imaging technology churns out serious gear at snail’s pace while the likes of Sony, Fujifilm and Olympus keep on innovating to gain new market share. For Canon, it seems, photography is not so much about innovation. It’s more about […]