The camera sales numbers for 2025 are in – and the latest numbers from the Japanese Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) hint at what’s trendy and what’s not. Sales data suggest that mirrorless has continued to grow as DSLRs shrink, but bodies with smaller sensors are outselling full-frame.
According to CIPA data for 2025, out of more than 9.4 million cameras shipped worldwide, around 6.3 million of those were mirrorless cameras, while DSLR shipments fell to just over 690,900. That’s a 112.5 percent change for mirrorless, while DSLR shipments were just 69.3 percent of 2024 numbers.
