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Subject: [Leica] URL: The Most Popular Cameras and Settings for Reuters’ 2012 Photos of the Year
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:39:57 -0700
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My reaction to those pie-charts is: "Now there's a set of useless 
statistics!"

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jul 22, 2013, at 3:33 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> Interesting breakdown of 2012 Reuters 2012 photos of the year:
> 
> Canon beat Nikon by a large number
> Given most are likely to be zooms then wide open (f2.8) is most common
> Camera base ASA is most common
> 
> 
> "A single photograph captured using the most popular equipment and 
> settings (for Reuters? top 95 photos of 2012) would be shot using a Canon 
> 1D Mark IV with a 16-35mm lens attached, set at 1/320s, f/2.8, and ISO 
> 200."
> 
> 
> http://petapixel.com/2012/12/02/the-most-popular-cameras-and-settings-for-reuters-best-photos-of-the-year-2012/#more-91454
> 
> 
> john
> 
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