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Subject: [Leica] URL: The Most Popular Cameras and Settings for Reuters’ 2012 Photos of the Year
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:25:34 +0200
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Yeah, a bit like "40% of all sick days are Mondays and Fridays" (source: 
Dilbert).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
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Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Jul 22, 2013, at 6:39 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:

> 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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