Recently, market research agency BCN released the data of camera lens in Japan in 2022: lens sales volume increased by 6.9% year-on-year in 2022, and sales increased by 22.1%.

Among them, the share of mirrorless lens continues to surge, with the share of 59.4% and 68.1% in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and 77.3% in 2022.

In terms of manufacturer share,SONY took the top spot in 2022 with 16.4 percent, ending a 13-year run by Canon (15.9 percent).

After that, Sima (14.5 percent), Tenglong (14.3 percent) and Nikon (13 percent) ranked third to fifth, respectively.

Lens share of mainstream manufacturers in 2022

This website is a famous sales website of electronic products in Japan. Its data source is the main 3C home appliance stores in Japan, such as Bic Camera, Yodobashi and so on. It also lists the list of top 2 types of machines and sales proportion.

BCN Ranking has collected the data of about 40% of Japanese camera retailers and ranked the sales of fixed lens digital camera, single lens reflex camera, mirror-less camera, camcorder and sports camera, which can reveal the preference of Japanese people to some extent.