BCNranking published the top 50 of the best selling cameras on the Japanese market for the month of September:

1. Canon R50 double lens kit (last month 2nd place)
2. White Canon R50 double lens kit (3th place)
3. Canon R10 with 18-150mm lens (1th place)
4. Sony ZV-E10II double lens kit (5th place)
5. Sony A6400 double lens kit (11th place)
6. Sony ZV-E10 with double kit kit lens (8th place)
7. Panasonic G100 with kit lens (10th place)
8. Canon Kiss X10 double lens kit (12th place)
9. Sony ZV-E01II with kit lens (9th place)
10. Sony A6400 (Silver) double lens kit (19th place)
11. Sony ZV-E10 with powerzoom kit lens (4th place)
12. Sony ZV-E10 (WHITE) with powerzoom kit lens (was out of top 50)
13. Black Canon R50 with 18-45mm lens (30th place)
14. Canon R100 double lens kit (21th place)
15. Canon R50 double lens kit (18th place)
16. Nikon Z50 double lens kit (15th place)
17. Silver Nikon ZFc with 16-50mm kit lens (14th place)
18. Canon R6II (40th place)
19. Silver FujiFilm X-T5 with kit lens (20th place)
20. Olympus E-P7 with double kit lens (6th place)
21. Canon R100 with kit lens (was out of top 50)
22. Silver Nikon ZFc with 28mm kit lens (49th place)
23. Sony A6700 with kit lens (24th place)
24. Sony ZV-E10II body only (was out of top 50)
25. Panasonic G100 (33th place)
26. Silver Fujifilm X-T50 body (25th place)
27. White Sony ZV-E10II lens kit (17th place)
28. Canon RP with 24-105mm lens (37th place)
29. White Olympus E-P7 with double kit lens (13th place)
30. Olympus E-P7 with  kit lens (32th place)
31. Black Sony A7cII (29th place)
32. Canon R10 with kit lens (43th place)
33. Nikon Z30 double lens kit (7th place)
34. Fujifilm X-T50 with kit lens (22th place)
35. Canon R5II body only (39th place)
36. Nikon ZFc with 16-50mm kit lens (was out of top 50)
37. Nikon D7500 with kit lens (was out of top 50)
38. Sony A7cII with kit lens (27th place)
39. Nikon Zf with 40mm lens (42th place)
40. Olympus E-M10IV with double zoom kit (was out of top 50)
41. Canon R6II with kit lens (was out of top 50)
42. Sony A6700 body only (48th place)
43. Canon R8 (44th place)
44. FujiFilm X-T5 with kit lens (35th place)
45. Sony ZV-E10 (WHITE) with powerzoom kit lens (26th place)
46. Silver Sony A7cII (28th place)
47. Nikon Z8 (23th place)
48. Sony A7IV (was out of top 50)
49. Panasonic G100 vlog kit (50th place)
50. Nikon ZFc with 28mm kit lens (was out of top 50)

A couple of things you learn from that ranking:

• Brands ranking: Sony (16 camera kits) Canon (14) Nikon (9) FujiFilm (4) Om Digital (4) Panasonic (3)
• Only one DSLR made it into the ranking (Nikon D7500 on position 37)
• 4 Olympus camera made it into the top 50 while none of the new OM Digital cameras made it
• Panasonic L-mount camera are not present in the top

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