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Compact camera sales drop 14.5%

Thursday 2nd July 2009
Chris Cheesman
GfK

UK consumers snapped up 14.5% fewer compact cameras in May than in the
same month the year before, according to official figures seen by
Amateur Photographer. However, DSLR sales continue to ride out the
effects of the economic downturn.

Statistics show that 433,900 compact cameras were sold in May 2009 -
that's 73,400 fewer than in May 2008.

This led to a 11% drop in compact camera sales revenue, according to
the figures compiled by GfK Retail & Technology.

GfK attributed the fall in demand for compact cameras to higher
prices, compared to a year ago, and the effects of the recession.

GfK's Photo/Imaging account manager Cedric Mertes blamed higher
unemployment and cuts in household budgets, adding that the compact
market has now 'reached maturity'.

He said that 75% of UK households own a compact camera and people are
reluctant to upgrade to newer models during a downturn.

However, sales of digital SLRs held up, sliding around 2% in volume in
May, to 42,800 units. In value terms DSLR sales dipped just 1.5%,
compared to 12 months earlier.

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:09:08 -0700 (PDT), Rich <>
wrote in
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How silly. What this actually shows:
* Sales of dSLR cameras are also down
* Compact cameras outsold dSLR cameras by more than 10:1
* "the compact market has now 'reached maturity'"
* "the effects of the recession"

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Best regards,
John (Panasonic DMC-FZ28, and several others)

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:09:08 -0700, Rich wrote:

> amateurphotographer.co.uk
>
> Compact camera sales drop 14.5%
>
> Thursday 2nd July 2009
> Chris Cheesman
> GfK
>
> UK consumers snapped up 14.5% fewer compact cameras in May than in the
> same month the year before, according to official figures seen by
> Amateur Photographer. However, DSLR sales continue to ride out the
> effects of the economic downturn.
>
> Statistics show that 433,900 compact cameras were sold in May 2009 -
> that's 73,400 fewer than in May 2008.
>
> This led to a 11% drop in compact camera sales revenue, according to the
> figures compiled by GfK Retail & Technology.
>
> GfK attributed the fall in demand for compact cameras to higher prices,
> compared to a year ago, and the effects of the recession.
>
> GfK's Photo/Imaging account manager Cedric Mertes blamed higher
> unemployment and cuts in household budgets, adding that the compact
> market has now 'reached maturity'.
>
> He said that 75% of UK households own a compact camera and people are
> reluctant to upgrade to newer models during a downturn.
>
> However, sales of digital SLRs held up, sliding around 2% in volume in
> May, to 42,800 units. In value terms DSLR sales dipped just 1.5%,
> compared to 12 months earlier.

Let me see . . . 434,000 'compact cameras' as opposed to 42,000 dslrs.
Yeah, I'd say they're in big trouble.

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:21:04 -0800, (Floyd L. Davidson)
wrote in <>:

>ray <> wrote:
>>
>>Let me see . . . 434,000 'compact cameras' as opposed to 42,000 dslrs.
>>Yeah, I'd say they're in big trouble.
>
>Actually those numbers don't give much of a clue one way
>or another. How much did the *profits* change? We
>don't know, but that is the only number which counts...

To you, but not to the rest of the world.

--
Best regards,
John (Panasonic DMC-FZ28, and several others)

On Jul 2, 9:09*am, Rich <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> amateurphotographer.co.uk
>
> Compact camera sales drop 14.5%
>
> Thursday 2nd July 2009
> Chris Cheesman
> GfK
>
> UK consumers snapped up 14.5% fewer compact cameras in May than in the
> same month the year before, according to official figures seen by
> Amateur Photographer. However, DSLR sales continue to ride out the
> effects of the economic downturn.
>
> Statistics show that 433,900 compact cameras were sold in May 2009 -
> that's 73,400 fewer than in May 2008.
>
> This led to a 11% drop in compact camera sales revenue, according to
> the figures compiled by GfK Retail & Technology.
>
> GfK attributed the fall in demand for compact cameras to higher
> prices, compared to a year ago, and the effects of the recession.
>
> GfK's Photo/Imaging account manager Cedric Mertes blamed higher
> unemployment and cuts in household budgets, adding that the compact
> market has now 'reached maturity'.
>
> He said that 75% of UK households own a compact camera and people are
> reluctant to upgrade to newer models during a downturn.
>
> However, sales of digital SLRs held up, sliding around 2% in volume in
> May, to 42,800 units. In value terms DSLR sales dipped just 1.5%,
> compared to 12 months earlier.

I don’t know of many people who now do not own a compact camera,
including me. Doesn’t it make sense that perhaps the sales of compact
cameras is going to drop as most people have them? On the other hand
most people don’t yet have a DSLR, so there is still a large potential
market for them.

If you are trying to say that sales of compact cameras are in trouble
due to DLSR you are about as deluded as some of the film people who
keep seeing a resurgence in the use of film and claim that large
numbers of people are giving up their digital cameras for film.

I love my DSLR, but I also like my compact camera, I use both and
enough both.

As for the anti DSLR nut I have to point out that my wife and I own
two DSLR, one over 4 years old the other over 3 and neither has given
us any problem. On the other hand I have had a number of P&S digital
cameras crap out on me.

Compact digital camera as simple not as bad as Rich makes out or as
good as some other make out. And as far as value for you money they
deliver nicely.

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:21:04 -0800, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

> ray <> wrote:
>>
>>Let me see . . . 434,000 'compact cameras' as opposed to 42,000 dslrs.
>>Yeah, I'd say they're in big trouble.
>
> Actually those numbers don't give much of a clue one way or another.
> How much did the *profits* change? We don't know, but that is the only
> number which counts...

Really. Only matters to me if I own stock in one of the companies. I
don't.

John Navas <> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:21:04 -0800, (Floyd L. Davidson)

>>Actually those numbers don't give much of a clue one way
>>or another. How much did the *profits* change? We
>>don't know, but that is the only number which counts...

> To you, but not to the rest of the world.

Yes, no profits meaning stores and camera makers going
bankrupt ... doesn't mean a thing to the world. It's not
like banks failing had any affect on the world, either.

-Wolfgang

On Jul 2, 4:57*pm, ray <r...@zianet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:09:08 -0700, Rich wrote:
> > amateurphotographer.co.uk
>
> > Compact camera sales drop 14.5%
>
> > Thursday 2nd July 2009
> > Chris Cheesman
> > GfK
>
> > UK consumers snapped up 14.5% fewer compact cameras in May than in the
> > same month the year before, according to official figures seen by
> > Amateur Photographer. However, DSLR sales continue to ride out the
> > effects of the economic downturn.
>
> > Statistics show that 433,900 compact cameras were sold in May 2009 -
> > that's 73,400 fewer than in May 2008.
>
> > This led to a 11% drop in compact camera sales revenue, according to the
> > figures compiled by GfK Retail & Technology.
>
> > GfK attributed the fall in demand for compact cameras to higher prices,
> > compared to a year ago, and the effects of the recession.
>
> > GfK's Photo/Imaging account manager Cedric Mertes blamed higher
> > unemployment and cuts in household budgets, adding that the compact
> > market has now 'reached maturity'.
>
> > He said that 75% of UK households own a compact camera and people are
> > reluctant to upgrade to newer models during a downturn.
>
> > However, sales of digital SLRs held up, sliding around 2% in volume in
> > May, to 42,800 units. In value terms DSLR sales dipped just 1.5%,
> > compared to 12 months earlier.
>
> Let me see . . . 434,000 'compact cameras' as opposed to 42,000 dslrs.
> Yeah, I'd say they're in big trouble.

Difference is? There is no PROFIT in selling P&S's except for the
most expensive ones that sell in fewer numbers than DSLRs. DSLRs on
the other hand (except for cheaply priced ones for what they offer
like the A900) are profitable because the purchasing does not stop
with the cost of the body.

On Jul 2, 3:26*pm, LOL <l...@noaddress.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:09:08 -0700 (PDT), Rich <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >amateurphotographer.co.uk
>
> >Compact camera sales drop 14.5%
>
> >Thursday 2nd July 2009
> >Chris Cheesman
> >GfK
>
> >UK consumers snapped up 14.5% fewer compact cameras in May than in the
> >same month the year before, according to official figures seen by
> >Amateur Photographer. However, DSLR sales continue to ride out the
> >effects of the economic downturn.
>
> >Statistics show that 433,900 compact cameras were sold in May 2009 -
> >that's 73,400 fewer than in May 2008.
>
> >This led to a 11% drop in compact camera sales revenue, according to
> >the figures compiled by GfK Retail & Technology.
>
> >GfK attributed the fall in demand for compact cameras to higher
> >prices, compared to a year ago, and the effects of the recession.
>
> >GfK's Photo/Imaging account manager Cedric Mertes blamed higher
> >unemployment and cuts in household budgets, adding that the compact
> >market has now 'reached maturity'.
>
> >He said that 75% of UK households own a compact camera and people are
> >reluctant to upgrade to newer models during a downturn.
>
> >However, sales of digital SLRs held up, sliding around 2% in volume in
> >May, to 42,800 units. In value terms DSLR sales dipped just 1.5%,
> >compared to 12 months earlier.
>
> So what you're really trying to say is, that the UK represents the whole
> world (how ****ingly arrogant of those Brits, as usual, pompous blowhards)
> and that people bought 391,100 more P&S cameras in the UK than the 42,800
> DSLRs purchased.
>
> Yeah, that's some huge sign of P&S disinterest, isn't it.
>
> LOL

I'd say the UK is fine as representation of all capitalist economies.
Why shouldn't it be?

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:40 -0800, (Floyd L. Davidson)
wrote in <>:

>John Navas <> wrote:
>>On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:21:04 -0800, (Floyd L. Davidson)
>>wrote in <>:
>>
>>>ray <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Let me see . . . 434,000 'compact cameras' as opposed to 42,000 dslrs.
>>>>Yeah, I'd say they're in big trouble.
>>>
>>>Actually those numbers don't give much of a clue one way
>>>or another. How much did the *profits* change? We
>>>don't know, but that is the only number which counts...
>>
>>To you, but not to the rest of the world.
>
>So if they can boost sales to half a million, they are necessarily
>doing fine... even if they lose $50 on every sale??? Do you remember
>Adam Osborne selling computers like that...

How silly.

--
Best regards,
John (Panasonic DMC-FZ28, and several others)