A Quarter Everywhere Else: The Camera Split Has a Postcode
In 2026 fixed-lens camera bodies grow 13.6% while interchangeable-lens bodies fall 2.6% — the first opposite-direction year in CIPA's series. But 55.88% of Japanese shipments are fixed-lens against 25.67% everywhere else, and used prices rising on discontinued compacts say the growth is rationed supply, not a new demand curve. The 2033 forecast prices a ceiling.