The latest news coming from Japan, according to the dclife.jp website Kitamura (one of the largest chains of camera stores) suspended the sales of the sony APS-C range of cameras and also stopped taking pre-orders.
Orders for Sony “α6600”, “α6400”, and “VLOGCAM ZV-E10” have been suspended due to delays in parts procurement due to the effects of global semiconductor shortages. You can also check the notation “Cannot purchase”.
We have to understand the chip shortage is not only for the APS-C lineup of cameras, Sony is using all its available resources to keep up the supply of full-frame cameras.
TNC Take – So, what we are discussing here, is the impact that is visible to our eyes. Let’s discuss the un-seen impact of the chip-shortage aka semiconductor shortage
1. Upcoming APS-C Mirrorless Announcements Delayed
Sony will not repeat the mistakes again as they did in the past, they have under-estimated the chip shortage issue. Now, as usual until and unless the issue gets resolved we won’t see any new APS-C Mirrorless camera announcement from Sony.
Why is Sony only Facing such a huge impact, whereas Canon M50 Mark II & Nikon Z50 is in stock right now? So, possibly there are two strong reasons
1. Canon and Nikon are able to manage the situation better than Sony OR
2. Due to very high demand and popularity Sony is not able to cope with the market.
The second point looks more logical to me since Sony announced Sony ZV-E10 and Sony A7 IV just prior to the chip shortage issue, and undoubtedly both of the cameras features class-leading core specification at their price range. Sony is more trouble than other camera makers is only due to the high demand.
2. Semiconductors Shortage affecting the camera industry
Why the hell semi-conductors will affect the camera industry in any way? But, I am from an engineering background and I can assure you that nowadays semiconductors are being used in each and every device which can process data in any form.
3. The reason behind the Shortage of Chips in 2022 aka semiconductor
After doing a little research I came to know there are three basic factors responsible for the global chip shortage
- The COVID Backlog
- Expansion vs Demand (Semi-conductor manufacturing units expansion not happing as per the demand of the market)
- Crypto Currencies Miners raised the demand for semiconductor to the next level.
4. When will the Global chip shortage get resolved?
2022 will remain the way it is. But from 2023 we may see some sunshine. Intel helping our European Union to set up a semiconductor manufacturing unit there, TSMC (renowned chip maker) said it will invest $2.87 billion to expand production capacity in China. Many efforts have been taken worldwide in a big and small ways to resolve the chip shortage issue asap. So, the issue will get resolved but not very soon.
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Source DClife Japan
