Indian Digital Camera Market recorded a total shipment of 4, 48,950 units in CY Q2 2013

India Digital Camera Market registered 0.6 Million Unit Shipments in CY Q4 2013 with DSLR cannibalizing Compact cameras market share.

Posted On: 2014-01-01

India Digital Camera Market registered a Total Unit Shipments of 0.6 Million units in CY Q4 2013. The Compact Digital Camera segment registered a decline of 17% in terms of unit shipments. Whereas, DLSR range of cameras exhibited an eye popping growth of 59% compared to the previous quarter, which can be well explained by the increased usage of cameras in smart phones.

India Digital Camera market type CYQ4

Source: 6Wresearch Quarterly India Digital Camera Market, CY Q4 2013
Note: Others include SLR, Digital still SLR, Compact SLR, Semi DSLR, ILC and Mega Zoom Digital Camera.

The market share for HDMI featured cameras exhibited a slight increase from 72% in CY Q3 2013 to 73% in CY Q4 2013. Further, cameras with USB 3.0 and GPS features experienced 1% growth in market share over the previous quarter.

Key Highlights (CY Q4 2013)

Top three player’s holds 95% of the total market share.

Out of the total shipments, 16 Megapixel Digital Cameras captured more than 31% of the market.

Micro SD card feature represents 30% of the total market share.

Source: 6Wresearch Quarterly India Digital Camera Market, CY Q4 2013
Note: Others include SLR, Digital still SLR, Compact SLR, Semi DSLR, ILC and Mega Zoom Digital Camera.

CMOS Image Sensor captured 42% of the total market share in terms of unit shipments followed by 29% of CCD and 14% of Exmor CMOS sensor, whereas in Lens segment Nikkor lens leads the market with a share of 27%.