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This is interesting, not sure how accurate it is but someone did an analysis of the Reuters Beast photos of 2012 WRT what camera, lenses, settings etc.

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1A9U6JVLnh0cCeWzabq03buSY26MA0CvYYJ68WquT7YM

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The Photostream appears to be here (but it is sort of tricky to get it ti work):

http://blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2012/11/30/best-photos-of-the-year-2012/#a=26

Mostly PJ stuff obviously, but interesting none the less.

Based on this, it would appear that the predictions of Canon's imminent demise are perhaps somewhat exagerated.
 
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http://blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2012/11/30/best-photos-of-the-year-2012/#a=1

has been in Pro Photo forum for a while, and seems to work just fine.

If most of the photos were taken by Reuters staff, which is something I do not know for sure but suspect is true, we need to remember that it is likely the cameras used by staff were supplied by Canon, which is why Canon 1D models seem so popular.

Most popular lenses are 16-35 and 70-200, and other info is a bit confusing. Sometimes a zoom lens' focal length range is mentioned, and sometimes only the focal length setting of a zoom lens.

Some pictures are miserable; view with caution.



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At least top four are all Canon models :-) I still see more Canon bodies and lenses where I went or saw on TV.
 
David Hull said:
David Hull wrote:

This is interesting, not sure how accurate it is but someone did an analysis of the Reuters Beast photos of 2012 WRT what camera, lenses, settings etc.

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1A9U6JVLnh0cCeWzabq03buSY26MA0CvYYJ68WquT7YM

Found on CR

The Photostream appears to be here (but it is sort of tricky to get it ti work):

http://blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2012/11/30/best-photos-of-the-year-2012/#a=26

Mostly PJ stuff obviously, but interesting none the less.

Based on this, it would appear that the predictions of Canon's imminent demise are perhaps somewhat exagerated.
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Pros use Canon, backyard mechanics use Nikon, simple as that. This is so sad if your a Nikon fanboy, I bet nobody will buy those bodies even if it had a massive 24.4 of dr, unless you are a backyard mechanic. This a huge slap on DXO and SoNikon......aha ha ha hahaha. Poor SoNikon, they just have no competitive product to challenge Canon.
 
Learnphotography said:
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Reuters supposedly has a contract with Canon. That explains the low statistics for nikon
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I think that is the case. I have heard from at least one Canon rep that such an arrangement exists, this might give us a clue about who Canon listens to for MKTG input. What the rep told me a few years ago is that the reason that the 5DII got video is because outfits like Reuters (he mentioned them specifically) wanted it.
 
VivaLasVegas said:
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Pros use Canon, backyard mechanics use Nikon, simple as that. This is so sad if your a Nikon fanboy, I bet nobody will buy those bodies even if it had a massive 24.4 of dr, unless you are a backyard mechanic. This a huge slap on DXO and SoNikon......aha ha ha hahaha. Poor SoNikon, they just have no competitive product to challenge Canon.
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All fanboys are sad.
 
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gobiassumcoffee said:
VivaLasVegas wrote:

Pros use Canon, backyard mechanics use Nikon, simple as that. This is so sad if your a Nikon fanboy, I bet nobody will buy those bodies even if it had a massive 24.4 of dr, unless you are a backyard mechanic. This a huge slap on DXO and SoNikon......aha ha ha hahaha. Poor SoNikon, they just have no competitive product to challenge Canon.
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All fanboys are sad.
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And Viva is the king (or queen) of fanboys. He doesn't bother to check the facts - he's too busy trying to bash competitors.

First off - these are all great images from working photogs. That said, they are all Reuters photogs and the exif data analysis presented was only from 95 total images - so it hardly says anything about what gear is used across ALL Pro agencies.

And the fact is that Reuters does use Canon as stated in the below link that has an interview with Jassim Ahmad of Reuters, where he states: "We always wanted Canon to come on board with this because our photographers use Canon cameras,” Ahmad revealed.

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cpn.canon-europe.com

Might be better if folks just appreciated the great images and incredible efforts that went into capturing many of them versus worrying about what brand camera was used...
 
Nice to see Canon as number one but what is really interesting is the choice of lens. Didn't think that 16-35 would be so popular.
 
Sometimes you get into situations where the guy with the widest lens gets the shot. There's not much point in going wider than 16 except in unusual situations. But most of the time you're at 28 or 35. In the 70s I worked at a paper in eastern Washington state and frequently worked with a guy guy from Sand Lake Idaho. He carried two cameras: a Leica M3 and a Leicaflex SL2. On the M3 he had a 21mm Super Angulon. On the reflex camera he had a 400mm Telyt. Everything he shot was with one of those two lenses. And he was really good.
 
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