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The Most Popular Cameras and Settings for Reuters’ 2012 Photos of the Year

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1337
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Looks like they love Canon!

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/02/the-most-popular-cameras-and-settings-for-reuters-best-photos-of-the-year-2012/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29
(Images can be embedded but the 86 just finished downloading and I'm off to watch it)

Dec 5 2012 1:23AM
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TijmenDal
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Good to see my beloved 5D classic 6th on that list! Who would've thought!
Dec 5 2012 3:10AM
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eheath
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Most popular lenses -- 16-35 and 70-200

Most popular fstop -- 2.8

28% of the time on the top two lenses used, they shot wide open....


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Dec 5 2012 3:22AM
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CrotchKiller
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DOF doe
Dec 5 2012 3:30AM
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1337
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wanna know how I know you've never been in a journalist's position before?
Dec 5 2012 3:35AM
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eheath
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wanna know how i don't care? lol


but for real, their most popular setup/settings is 1dm4, iso 200, shutter 320 and f2.8
Dec 5 2012 3:38AM
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1337
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do you really think someone in their right mind would shoot f2.8 1/320th iso200? no of course not, it's just the combinations of popular combinations
Dec 5 2012 3:41AM
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eheath
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lol i mean, maybe?
Dec 5 2012 3:59AM
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andrew.ski
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Not a fair list at all (even though I love that my setup is way up there on the list)

Reuters is a canon only company, and therefore canon should have taken 100% of the pictures had the photographers maybe not used their own Rigs once in a while

If AFP did a test it would probably show up all Nikon.
Dec 5 2012 4:16AM
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Mag
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Those pie charts are so shit, makes it much harder to read.
Dec 5 2012 5:28AM
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tombu
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Lololo pic #60
"Canon EOS 5D Mark II, lens 16-35mm, f1.4, ISO 250 "
Nice lens bro.
Dec 5 2012 9:40AM
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SSteezle
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no t2i :(

also those pie charts hurt my eyes
Dec 5 2012 11:53AM
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eheath
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Ya they left out soccer moms in this test...

Saying no t2i is like aw no 18-55
Dec 5 2012 1:06PM
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SSteezle
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i was kidding, but after looking through the pictures the t2i is more than capable of taking most of them. I get that it's capturing moments, but I was a little disappointed for "photos of the year"
Dec 5 2012 1:28PM
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zahava
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lol, no
Dec 5 2012 1:40PM
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SSteezle
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lol, i'd love to hear why not
Dec 5 2012 1:46PM
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1337
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it's capable, sure. But I bet 100% of all professionals, when given the resources, would not bring a t2i into battle as an A or B cam. There's nothing the t2i has featured that another body in Canon's lineup doesn't have, and it lacks in build quality, out of the box ISO, FPS, trustworthy, etc etc.

Obviously any camera can take a good image in the right hands, but it's all about choosing the right tool for the job.
Dec 5 2012 1:50PM
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[~_~]
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Because Canon's crop sensors are worse than Hitler.
Dec 5 2012 2:37PM
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zahava
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Pretty much.
Dec 5 2012 6:19PM
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TravelsTI
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That made me chuckle.
Dec 5 2012 9:11PM
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.qzyxya
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they really that bad? never used a 5d or a nikon so dont have anything to compare to
Dec 5 2012 9:16PM
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Downtofilm
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Dec 5 2012 9:17PM
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1337
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there's your problem

/inb4 FF shitstorm
Dec 5 2012 9:26PM
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Balto
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once you go FF, crop really does go to complete shit

then once you deal with 6x7 negatives, FF seems like crap
Dec 5 2012 9:46PM
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zahava
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Then once you deal with large format, 6x7 seems like crap
Dec 5 2012 9:57PM
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1337
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Then you realize people don't realize this and you kill yourself
Dec 5 2012 10:04PM
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.qzyxya
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haha
Dec 5 2012 10:19PM
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BolderPro
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I lold
Dec 5 2012 10:40PM
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