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Will Canon make a profit (globally) on the M10?

Started Oct 18, 2015 | Polls thread
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Re: Will Canon make a profit (globally) on the M10?

Kharan wrote:

rrccad wrote:

Kharan wrote:

Strannik2011 wrote:

[...] WIth such advanced cameras on cellphones and so many cheaper offerings in "travel compact zoom and superzoom" categories, I just don't understand why would someone spend that much money on such an ICL cam with selfies/basic travel photography in mind. I know this market exists, but I just admit that I don't understand the reasoning behind it. So going back to the original post, I don't think this cam will be popular at MSRP regardless of the market. Canon will likely still make money on it though. Not due to popularity or reasonable price, but simply due to low production cost.

That market actually doesn't exist, and yet the Japanese keep on pushing it. People who want a better camera for selfies get a GoPro, not some boxy underperforming POS camera. Olympus tried with the E-PL7 and failed (some speculate that it's the end for the PEN as we know it). Sony tried with the A5100 and failed (the A6000 has been sold in much, much larger numbers, at least in Amazon). Canon? If experience is any guide... lemmings will be lemmings (even if the story's apocryphal).

and the USA market for mirrorless is what exactly? it's all failed in NA.

and in reality .. who cares if it fails in one market that really is such a small niche for MILC's.

Wrong on both accounts.

actually no.

300,000 units as compared to 1.6 million when 1.6 million is basically TWO vendors, and 300,000 is around TEN vendors.

You do that math and get back to me sometime.

I'd also like to know what common core math you took that made 1.6 million and 300,000 approximately 20% of the market.

but in my world, that's 16% of the market - again with somewhere between 8 to 10 vendors vying for it, versus 84% of the market with simply two (since pentax is basically a non-entity and so is sony SLT's), however you can argue for four there if you wish.

so as far as the M10 in USA? I doubt really that canon cares much about it either way.  it's meant for entry level, and catering to females.

just because the market doesn't exist in the united states, does not mean it's not a valid market anywhere else.

also - for the longest period of the time - the top MILC seller in NA was the NEX-5T.  Also the top sellers in Japan all are small cameras predominantly.

A7 series doesn't even make it on the radar in Japan - the largest and also the quickest growing MILC segment.

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