CIPA figures show disappointing October sales, but mirrorless continues to rise

Graph: CIPA The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released its statistics for October 2017, and in contrast to previous years, we did not see the Black Friday/Thanksgiving induced spike we're used to seeing, with month-to-month shipments remaining fairly flat (read: disappointing). In fact, year-on-year total camera shipments in October are down a whopping 13% although we did see an overall year-over-year increase of 11% in the digital camera market for the January-to-October time...