Found the following article somewhat confusing so did not give it a airing here at the time...
Magazine week ending 29th March,
Front cover "CSC's do they have a future"
2 page article "Compact System Camera sales crash"
sales plunged more than 30% in the UK
some key stats
4 x as many DSLRs sold in the UK than CSC's
60% fall in Fuji and Olympus losses fuelled by CSC's
48% of DSLR customers would consider Lumix G range
40% of imaging market sales are online
CSC sales 2011 128,000
2012 146,000
2013 100,000
Magazine week ending 12th April
Front Cover "Why CSC sales are up again"
article, CSC stage comeback
Global shipments rose 33.7% to 217,444 in Feb compared to the same month a year earlier. (maybe EM10 being shipped)
In the Uk CSC sales shot up 21% in volume and 19% in value in Jan/Feb 2014.
Seemingly the demise of Jessups last year with the loss of 187 stores in the uk had a immediate effect on high street sales and has skewed the uk's year on year results.
My own views - talking to friendly sales staff in a branch of London camera exchange near my work place about micro 4/3rds last week they said that the trade know how good the system is and many use them but they cannot persuade the buying public of same. Typical customer cannot see outside the Canon/Nikon bubble and sadly Canon/Nikon CSCs not that competitive.
I have just bought a new EM 10 had to have it in black as I wanted a body only and silver was sold out. Some kits were still available as at end of March but I had to phone 7 different suppliers to track down a body only, turned out I had Clifton Cameras last body. They told me Olympus uk was waiting on more sometime in April. Would love to know how many EM 10's have been sold...
Would welcome any views on the above.:smile:
Magazine week ending 29th March,
Front cover "CSC's do they have a future"
2 page article "Compact System Camera sales crash"
sales plunged more than 30% in the UK
some key stats
4 x as many DSLRs sold in the UK than CSC's
60% fall in Fuji and Olympus losses fuelled by CSC's
48% of DSLR customers would consider Lumix G range
40% of imaging market sales are online
CSC sales 2011 128,000
2012 146,000
2013 100,000
Magazine week ending 12th April
Front Cover "Why CSC sales are up again"
article, CSC stage comeback
Global shipments rose 33.7% to 217,444 in Feb compared to the same month a year earlier. (maybe EM10 being shipped)
In the Uk CSC sales shot up 21% in volume and 19% in value in Jan/Feb 2014.
Seemingly the demise of Jessups last year with the loss of 187 stores in the uk had a immediate effect on high street sales and has skewed the uk's year on year results.
My own views - talking to friendly sales staff in a branch of London camera exchange near my work place about micro 4/3rds last week they said that the trade know how good the system is and many use them but they cannot persuade the buying public of same. Typical customer cannot see outside the Canon/Nikon bubble and sadly Canon/Nikon CSCs not that competitive.
I have just bought a new EM 10 had to have it in black as I wanted a body only and silver was sold out. Some kits were still available as at end of March but I had to phone 7 different suppliers to track down a body only, turned out I had Clifton Cameras last body. They told me Olympus uk was waiting on more sometime in April. Would love to know how many EM 10's have been sold...
Would welcome any views on the above.:smile:
