Nikon and sony pushed out of the top 3 ranking!
The lens market is seeing Sony and Nikon pushed out of the top three positions by competitors Sigma and Tamron.
If you're searching for a dental photography lens that will make your portraits and intraoral photographs even more impressive, it's time to start thinking about some new players in the field.
Caution: You may find this surprising!
For a very long time, Canon, Nikon, and Sony were the clear market leaders for lenses, and as dental photographers, we were unable to operate in our practices without using their offerings.
The situation is constantly changing, though!
Not only have Sigma and Tamron, over the course of the last several years, created some extremely shout-worthy lenses, but sometimes their prices are far lower than those of their first-party counterparts.
Even though Canon maintains its position at the top of the sales chart, the companies that came in second and third are somewhat unexpected.
According to the most recent information from Japan, there is only a difference of 3.3% between the top five market shareholders in the interchangeable lens market, with Canon in first place (17.1%), Sigma in second (16%), Tamron coming in third (15.1%), followed by Sony in fourth (14.2%), and finally Nikon in fifth (13.8%).
The findings demonstrate that the market for interchangeable lenses is thriving, that well-known manufacturers are not as dominant as they once were, and that just having a well-known brand does not guarantee that one will be successful.
In addition to this, there has been a rise in the use of cameras that have lenses that can be switched out. This is another piece of evidence that cellphones just aren't sufficient for photography.
In particular for the field of dentistry, digital photography