Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>wrote: > Grass Valley, Utah. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/sp12/mo/grass+valley+merchentile-0451.jpg.html > > Maybe they went out of business because, well, they never ripped.... > > Planned obsolescence. Maybe with digital, Leica is now in that group. > from a post on Range Finder forum: *CIPA: Camera sales numbers* ------------------------------ The CIPA, organization of Japanese camera manufacturers, has recently published sales data for digital cameras for the last 12 months. Sales fall from 13,57 million cams in Sept. 2011 to only 7,43 million in Sept. 2012. A general decrease of almost 50% in only one year. Digital compact cameras suffered most with a decrease of - 52%. DSLRs have a decrease of - 9%. Demand for CSC (mirrorless compact system cams) also decreased. They lost market share in their major market Japan and got from 46% market share to now 40% market share. In USA ,Europe and Asia they have never been so popular like in Japan with a market share in the 12 (USA) -20% (Asia) range. http://www.cipa.jp/english/data/dizital.html > > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA