Canon Tops Japanese Camera Market, Even Outranks Sony in MILCs

Japan's BCN Awards measure annual unit sales based on point of sale data collected at major partnering retailers. Based on the data collected the previous year, Canon ranked #1 in compact digital cameras, #1 in DSLRs (by a wide margin) and #2 in MILCs (behind Olympus).

Digital camera (integrated with lens) category
#1) Canon – 27.9%
#2) Nikon – 25.5%
#3) Casio – 17.2%

Digital camera (single lens reflex) division
#1) Canon – 61.1%
#2) Nikon – 34.4%
#3) Ricoh – 4.2%

Digital Camera (Mirror-less SLR) Category
#1) Olympus – 27.7%
#2) Canon – 21.3%
#3) Sony – 20.2%

Interchangeable lens division
#1) Canon – 21.9%
#2) Sigma – 16.2%
#3) Tamron – 13.7%