There are a number of threads on DPR about this. One set of statistics
posted there shows Olympus' sales for last business year - and for the
Imaging group, the distribution was:
Europe 41.1%
N.America 27.0%
Asia 18.0%
Japan 10.1%
Others 3.8%
These figures (if they're correct, and why not?) show that Oly doesn't
do that well in Japan (for all cameras, not just SLRs). Might explain
the low figure for SLRs in Japan. Shouldn't Canon be worried by a
one-month fall in market share too?
Martin
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Sent: August 25, 2006 11:56
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Subject: [OM] Re: Oly market share
> Japan Digital SLR Market Share by Unit Sales
> Vendor July June
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> Canon 33.3% 51.6%
> Nikon 27.4% 32.6%
> Sony 21.6% 2.3%
> Pentax 14.0% 7.6%
> Olympus 2.8% 4.8%
> Matsushita 0.8% 0.1%
Winsor,
I, too, noted this story, linked from some website. As I have repeatedly
said, I don't think Olympus will survive the wars, without herculean
effort.
If they were to introduce a 12mp pro camera with noise comparable to
Nikon/Canon BS and IS at Photokina, things might change, but I don't
hold much hope. I remain curious about the Panasonic linkup, as I have
also speculated that Kodak was a poor partner for sensors, for reasons
unrealted to quality. I have some hope, but I'm not quite whistling past
the graveyard. I don't think Panasonic sensors are as good as Kodak's,
but who in their right mind would build a product line that requires a
Kodak product? How long until the CEO-of-the-week decides that they need
to get out of that business too?
The real wild card is Sony. It is obvious that they have the ability to
manufacture in large quanitities, and the retail base to move them. I've
seen newspaper ads for both big box retailers and office supply chains
featuring the Sony slr's for some months now.
I wouldn't want to be in that line of business right now.
Bill Pearce
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