Above: BCN Survey on Digital Camera Market Shares by Brand, inclusive of all camera types; Click to Enlarge.
Source: BCN (Japanese) via Nikkei News (Japanese) via DC Home (Chinese)
So, to translate the above Pie Chart, the brand shares are as follows:-
| Ranking | Brand | Market Share |
| 1 | Canon | 18.7% |
| 2 | Sony | 15.0% |
| 3 | Panasonic | 13.4% |
| 4 | Nikon | 12.8% |
| 5 | Casio | 11.8% |
| 6 | Fuji | 10.9% |
| 7 | Olympus | 9.4% |
| 8 | Pentax | 4.2% |
| 9 | Ricoh | 2.3% |
| 10 | Others | 1.5% |
| Total: | 100% |
So, it seems that Japanese consumers just don't buy Samsung? Well, do they buy the Galaxy line of mobile gadgets then? ;-)
And, I knew that some Pentax brand fans would then suggest that now the brand shares of Pentax and Ricoh should be added, so that the made-up brand share is now 6.5%. But so what? Merging the weakest to the 2nd weakest just won't help! At 6.5% they still come last as a single brand! :-o
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