
Lately, it seems as if there have been a number of unusually exciting lens announcements – and it turns out, I’m not alone in my thoughts, as the latest data shows a spike in Japanese lens sales. The lens category growing the most? Optics mode for crop sensor cameras.
CIPA data for October – which was shared at the start of December – indicates that interchangeable lens shipments from Japan were 105.6% of the previous month and about 103.9% compared to the same month last year.