Distribution of age - Sony mirrorless buyers

Arizona Sunset · Jun 4, 2015

Interestingg distribution charts on mirrorless sales were posted over at sonyalpharumors.com.

This one shows younger buyers driving sales:

So how does this compare to all of you, old timers?

my family and extended family match this chart in terms of purchasing almost perfectly.

sjredo · Jun 4, 2015

Arizona Sunset said:
Interestingg distribution charts on mirrorless sales were posted over at sonyalpharumors.com.

This one shows younger buyers driving sales:

So how does this compare to all of you, old timers? my family and extended family match this chart in terms of purchasing almost perfectly.

26 here

Been a Sony user since I was 21. Started with T1i, then a 7D, and traded for a NEX 5. Never looked back.

Charles Hull · Jun 4, 2015

ILC is a category that includes both mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras and DSLRs.

Snikt228 · Jun 4, 2015

Arizona Sunset said:
Interestingg distribution charts on mirrorless sales were posted over at sonyalpharumors.com.

This one shows younger buyers driving sales:

So how does this compare to all of you, old timers? my family and extended family match this chart in terms of purchasing almost perfectly.

Where do they get this data? I don't remember filling out my age when I've bought any camera

bugeyed · Jun 4, 2015

Arizona Sunset said:
Interestingg distribution charts on mirrorless sales were posted over at sonyalpharumors.com.

This one shows younger buyers driving sales:

So how does this compare to all of you, old timers? my family and extended family match this chart in terms of purchasing almost perfectly.

Although ILC includes more than just mirrorless, aren't these numbers true for most consumer products? Seems like it to me.

kev

--
I just think that things should work the way I expect them to.

Roy LaFaver · Jun 4, 2015

Totally misleading. The heading says "First Time ILC Buyers. I just bought an a7ii, but that won't count because I have probably bought 10 or 15 ILC cameras in the past 5 years. Of course first time buyers are younger. They are buying their first camera for petesakes. I was a first time buyer before most of them were born..

dave46978 · Jun 4, 2015

Arizona Sunset said:
Interestingg distribution charts on mirrorless sales were posted over at sonyalpharumors.com.

This one shows younger buyers driving sales:

So how does this compare to all of you, old timers? my family and extended family match this chart in terms of purchasing almost perfectly.

Why does the chart end at 55+? That seems a bit low. I was in my fifties a couple decades ago and I have purchased four A7 series cameras in the last year and a half. I must be exceptional.

--
Sony A7R Sony A7II Pentax K5ii

Dave Sanders · Jun 4, 2015

...or perhaps just not enough context. First, as others have pointed out, ILCs includes DSLRs. So perhaps this is designed to show that people are becoming more inclined to use their phone or advanced cameras? Also, I bought my first ILC camera well before digital and my first digital well before mirrorless existed. Where do I fit?

I'd rather see a graph that shows % of people who think that their next camera purchase will be a mirrorless ILC. I have both major types of ILCs and I can tell you with a measure of certainty that my next purchase will definitely be a mirrorless ILC...unless there is an RX2 that is too compelling to resist, though I'd still count that as mirrorless, just not an ILC.

--
Dave Sanders

Keit ll · Jun 4, 2015

Dave Sanders said:
...or perhaps just not enough context. First, as others have pointed out, ILCs includes DSLRs. So perhaps this is designed to show that people are becoming more inclined to use their phone or advanced cameras? Also, I bought my first ILC camera well before digital and my first digital well before mirrorless existed. Where do I fit?

I'd rather see a graph that shows % of people who think that their next camera purchase will be a mirrorless ILC. I have both major types of ILCs and I can tell you with a measure of certainty that my next purchase will definitely be a mirrorless ILC...unless there is an RX2 that is too compelling to resist, though I'd still count that as mirrorless, just not an ILC.

sybersitizen · Jun 4, 2015

bugeyed said:
... aren't these numbers true for most consumer products? Seems like it to me.

Indeed... I think that's actually a chart showing the age groups who wait in line for two days to buy a new smartphone.

cph71 · Jun 4, 2015

I'm 43 and I just got a A7 with the zeiss 35 f2.8

Seems like a great system to me, however still having trouble connecting it to my iphone/ipad...

Deursen · Jun 5, 2015

I am 50 and love the viewfinder of the A7II. Reviewing foto's on the LCD screen is not getting any better when the years go passing by

Roy LaFaver · Jun 5, 2015

dave said:
Arizona Sunset said:

Interestingg distribution charts on mirrorless sales were posted over at sonyalpharumors.com.

This one shows younger buyers driving sales:

So how does this compare to all of you, old timers? my family and extended family match this chart in terms of purchasing almost perfectly.

Click to expand...

Why does the chart end at 55+? That seems a bit low. I was in my fifties a couple decades ago and I have purchased four A7 series cameras in the last year and a half. I must be exceptional.

--
Sony A7R Sony A7II Pentax K5ii

Nope, but that last one made you a 5th time buyer (recently) and probably a 20th timer a couple of decades back. That's it! No soup for you! You're out of the survey!

Abrak · Jun 5, 2015

Roy LaFaver said:
Totally misleading. The heading says "First Time ILC Buyers. I just bought an a7ii, but that won't count because I have probably bought 10 or 15 ILC cameras in the past 5 years. Of course first time buyers are younger. They are buying their first camera for petesakes. I was a first time buyer before most of them were born..

I was rather fooled by the chart. Not noticing the 'first time buyers bit'. How could only less than 10% of ILC buyers be over 55.

I dont have the global figures but this table shows the Japanese numbers. The ILC market is split roughly 50:50 between under 50 and over 50.

The French numbers posted here a couple of weeks ago basically confirm this

--

Domain Suspended

rob collins

Explore rob collins’s 956 photos on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

earlyadapter · Jun 5, 2015

There are several points people have missed from this graph:

1. The graph is pretty meaningless, EXCEPT that it shows the change from previous years to 2015, which indicates MORE young people buying this type of camera than previously - ie, it's the change in the graph which is important, not the specific amounts.

2. At the bottom, are some words indicating the population of 'respondents'. Really a small number. Probably, younger people are more likely to respond than older people? I think the 'change' noted above, is within the error rate for this number of respondents.

3. So, yes, it's pretty meaningless........

Arizona Sunset · Jun 5, 2015

earlyadapter said:
There are several points people have missed from this graph:

1. The graph is pretty meaningless, EXCEPT that it shows the change from previous years to 2015, which indicates MORE young people buying this type of camera than previously - ie, it's the change in the graph which is important, not the specific amounts.

2. At the bottom, are some words indicating the population of 'respondents'. Really a small number. Probably, younger people are more likely to respond than older people? I think the 'change' noted above, is within the error rate for this number of respondents.

3. So, yes, it's pretty meaningless........

Ha

'Meaningless' must be a well intentioned emotional response in this case

A few hundred responses is enough to extrapolate at least some understanding of the demographic and statistical significance. I've seen market research dictate major production and design designs on a lot less.

I found it interesting to consider that with falling camera sales, and younger buyers entering the market more than before, what companies are going to have to design to and for in the future.

Dave Sanders · Jun 5, 2015

Arizona Sunset said:
I found it interesting to consider that with falling camera sales, and younger buyers entering the market more than before, what companies are going to have to design to and for in the future.

This is logical, no? Fixed lens small sensor digicams will disappear as people use their smartphones for such purposes. When people decide they like photos, their first non-smartphone camera will be a large sensor DSLR or mirrorless.

Steve W · Jun 6, 2015

I'm int the bucket to the far right. Still use Canon DSLRs but bought a full Fuji System three years ago to buy into mirrorless. Just recently began doing more work with Sony as an alternative to Fuji.

DVT80111 · Jun 6, 2015

and of course don't get tied up to any lens brand.

Distribution of age - Sony mirrorless buyers

Senior Member

Forum Enthusiast

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Leading Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Veteran Member

Forum Pro

Member

Well-known member

Leading Member

Senior Member

Well-known member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Veteran Member

Senior Member

Keyboard shortcuts