SuperZoom Wars heat-up, LX3K makes things interesting (new top sellers)

Welcome to a new edition of the Top Selling Cameras soap-opera. Avoid the spoilers and jump right in to see the new top selling camera charts! Spoilers, screen-shot teaser and discussion follow right below!

Top 25 Vitals
+ Two DSLRs
+ Two compact RAWsumers (G10, LX3)
+ Six superzooms
+ Three cameras under $100

SuperZoom Wars Heat-up for good
The SuperZoom wars are no longer a Canon-vs-Panasonic duel! Both Nikon and Sony are now in the Top 25 and mixing things up! The Nikon P80 with a very tempting price of $250 is now just one position away from the SX10is, which leads all the hyperzooms. Just one spot away and $90 less in price.

Sony is joining the party with the Cybershot H50 returning to #25 and overtaking the Panasonic FZ28K which jumped up (!) in price and is now down to #33, with the lower priced silver model jumping up to #35.

Also up in price is the TZ5K, and that lets the SX110is duo dominate at $200 even.

The LX3K makes things interesting
As we mentioned before, once the Panasonic LX3K remained in-stock for a period of time, it could mount a challenge to the Canon G10. And it sure has! The LX3K is now at #17 with the G10 at #6. Their price is similar, with the LX3 at $400 and the G10 at $410. Oh my!

Price is King (yet again)
It is quite interesting to see the low priced cameras being very sensitive to price changes. A $10 price change for a $100-ish camera is enough to send it to a tailspin if it goes up, or a big hike if it goes down. Case in point, major drops for the silver Kodak C813 and Canon SD770is black, and a big jump for the Canon SD790is.

Previous Episodes
For previous discussion posts of the Top Sellers, along with other market-related topics, be sure to check the Market Pulse mini-blog. And for past top selling camera charts, be sure to check the Camera Charts blog, with archives going back to February 29, 2008. Must have been an Olympic year :-)