In 2025, the camera market will continue to grow, but at a slowed pace compared to the previous year, the latest forecast from the Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) suggests. During the CP+ photography show, CIPA shared its predictions for 2025, offering a conservative one percent uptick in the number of digital cameras shipped worldwide. But, at the same time, CIPA shared an in-depth look at the 2024 data, including a chart that shows the average cost of compact cameras surprisingly surpassing the price of interchangeable lens cameras.
The presentation by CIPA group chair Sato Kazu first analyzed the latest available data, then shared the predicted numbers for the 2025 market during the CP+ show in Japan last week. While camera shipments as a whole are expected to remain about the same with a predicted one percent growth for 2025, cameras with built-in lenses are predicted to sit at 101.9% of the previous year’s numbers. Interchangeable lens cameras have a more conservative 100.9% prediction, while the lenses used with those cameras are also expected to grow, at around 102.4%.
