BCN has just published the list of best selling mirrorless and DSLR cameras in Japan for 2012, according to the list the most popular mirrorless camera in Japan is Nikon J1 and the most popluar DSLR in Japan is Canon 650D / T4i.
Nikon J1 claims to have approx 11.2% percent market share while the 2nd in the list is Olympus E-PL3 with 8.6% of market share and 3rd is NEX 5N with 7.7 % of market share.
Canon 650D / T3i / Kiss X5 have a total of 22.3 % of market share and the Most Popluar Full-Frame camera in Japan for 2012 is 5D Mark II with 2.1% of market share and 2nd best selling full-frame camera is 5D Mark II with 1.8% and Nikon D800 comes at third place with 1.6% of total market share.
source – bcnranking.jp
Thanks, Quite surprising to see the Pentax Q with a significantly higher share that both the Oly OM-D and the Sony Nex-7, I never would have expected that. Jeff Smith