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The average selling price of an SLR was \u00a3486 in August, compared to \u00a3622 in the same month last year – a drop of 22%, according to figures seen by Amateur Photographer<\/em> (AP).<\/p>\n

This contrasts with a 5% increase in the average price of fixed-lens cameras, while compact system camera (CSC) prices rose by around 4%, according to market analysts at GfK.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the decline in SLR prices, GfK account executive Simon Whitehead told AP: \u2018Consumers have shifted their purchases towards the lower specification entry-level models, which typically command a lower price.<\/p>\n

\u2018When this is combined with the price erosion that is almost expected nowadays – and a shrinkage of the SLR market – the fall in prices that we have observed can be explained.’<\/p>\n

He said that fixed-lens camera prices rose because bridge cameras and superzoom models, for example \u2013 which are more expensive than low-end compacts and have suffered less from smartphone growth \u2013 now make up a larger slice of the market.<\/p>\n

The average price of a CSC was \u00a3380 in August 2013, while consumers could expect to pay an average of \u00a3125 for a fixed-lens compact.<\/p>\n

The news comes as the value of Britain’s imaging market fell 24%, compared to August 2012 – slightly less than the 26% drop in July.<\/p>\n

SLR sales declined by 30%, CSC sales 32%, and bridge cameras by 38%.<\/p>\n

Revenue from sales of fixed-lens cameras fell 32%.<\/p>\n

GfK says the imaging market has suffered from the loss of several ‘high-profile’ retailers at the end of 2012 and start of 2013, the \u2018cannibalisation’ effect of smartphone and tablet growth and a \u2018high-level’ of camera ownership across the market.<\/p>\n

Though GfK does not name Jessops<\/a> in its latest market newsletter, it is no secret that UK camera sales suffered after the 187-shop chain went into administration in January.<\/p>\n

Jessops has since bounced back, with Dragons’ Den<\/em> star Peter Jones<\/a> at the helm, albeit with a smaller number of stores. <\/p>\n

Camera chain Jacobs<\/a> was among the UK retailers to fall by the wayside in 2012, closing all of its 19 outlets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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