CIPA H1 2026: Flat Unit Sales, Rising Values, Compacts Still Growing

CIPA's H1 2026 shipment data is out: 4.36 million cameras shipped globally, nearly identical to H1 2025, but the breakdown has shifted. Compacts are up around 16% in units and 15% in value year-on-year, though that's a clear cooldown from the roughly 29.6% growth recorded across all of 2025. Mirrorless unit volume is flat but rising in dollar terms. DSLRs keep falling. The broader pattern across categories is fewer units moving at higher price points.