Curiosity: Panasonic, Leica and Sigma have only a small market share, according to a Shotkit survey

Shotkit asked 1,000 Photographers What Camera They Use in 2024, And here are the findings:

  1. Nikon is the most popular camera brand used by professional photographers. 31% of professionals use Nikon, closely followed by Canon (28%) and Sony (20%).
  2. Canon is the most popular camera brand used by amateur photographers. 27% of amateurs use Canon, closely followed by Nikon (25%) and Sony (16%).
  3. The Sony a7III is the most popular camera used by professional photographers. 7% of pros use the Sony a7III mirrorless camera, with the Canon R6 mirrorless camera and Nikon D750 DSLR camera coming in joint 2nd and 3rd.
  4. The Alpha a7III and the Nikon D850 are the most popular cameras used by amateur photographers. One is a mirrorless camera and the other is a DSLR.
  5. Professional photographers like to use the Sony a7III for their personal photography pursuits too. The Fujifilm X-T3 and Nikon D850 are also popular choices.
  6. Companies from the L-Mount alliance have only a negligible share in this survey 🙁

The Lumix S5II is now marked as “on clearance” at BestBuy

The Lumix S5II is now marked as “on clearance” at BestBuy. Normally that means Best Buy is no longer ordering them and is clearing out their inventory to make room for a newer model. But in this case, I don’t think there will be a new S5II successor anytime soon. Maybe they just decided to stop selling this model through their stores? Also because the camera is regularly in stock at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama. So I think it could be an internal decision not to buy new stock.

What do you think about that?

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Thanks to the anonymous tipster of that news