I came across this story about Hastolomegapixeles recently released infographic across at PetaPixel. The infographic displays which camera manufacturers and bodies are used by World Press Photo award winners.
What I find most interesting is Canon's absolute dominance, with 58%* of the winning shots having been taken with a Canon, most notably the winning photograph by John Stanmeyer, compared to Nikon's mere 28%. Interestingly the top three camera bodies were all manufactured by Canon, with the EOS 5D Mk II proving to still be as popular as it's successor, the EOS 5D Mk III, despite the Mk II being six years old. Canon's flagship professional DSLR, the EOS 1D X took the top spot, while the Nikon equivalent, the D4, took fourth place.
Clearly the pros prefer to use traditional SLR cameras as opposed to their mirrorless, medium format, or compact cameras counterparts. Surprisingly though, 2% are still relying on film [pelicula] cameras to capture their award-winning photographs. While this is a very small percentage, it shows that film still has a place in the world of modern photography other than being abused by hipsters.
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* This percentage doesn't take into account the 13 'unknown' [sin datos] bodies, or about 23.2% of the data. If these unknowns are included, then the percentages would be: Canon 44.6%, Nikon 21.4%, Leica 5.4%, Sony 3.6%, Mamiya 1.8%. Either way Canon is about twice as popular as Nikon.
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