Most Popular cameras on Flickr

[f16sunshine]

Here is the graphic.
http://www.flickr.com/cameras

I found this interesting maybe others will as well.
After a trio of iPhone cameras … iPhone 5, 4s, and 4. The most popular camera on Flickr is the Canon Eos 5Dii .
Not a consumer model Nikon/Rebel dslr or point and shoot (although a Rebel model is next in popularity).
Does such seemingly widespread ownership of an advanced Amateur/Pro level Full Frame Digital camera have anything to say about how serious people take photography?
Or is it that many people believe owning such a camera will make them better photographers?
Or …. your thoughts?

 

[Greyscale]

It is more a list of most-uploads of photos produced by brand and model of digital camera, according to data provided camera-generated EXIF data, than a proper poll of actual popular favorites, though, isn't it? Just a few people who upload a whole lot of of photos can skew a list like this, opinion really does not factor in at all.

 

[alienmeatsack]

Anyone who uploads film photos, like me, is going to be left out of that list. I know that ALL of my film scans all say they are from a Canon CanoScan 9000f in the exif data and not the assorted 30+ film cameras they actually came from.

I wonder how different that list would be if people like me who shot film actually were counted for the actual cameras we are using.

 

[Robert Lai]

Anyone who has an interest in technical analysis of stock market prices can see the declining trend lines of all of the top cameras, the iPhones included.
Only the last camera on the figure (gray line) seems to have a sideways plateau.
Sic transit gloria mundi.

 

[Snowbuzz]

Very interesting, though.

 

[kshapero]

Hey where's all those better than iPhone, Androids?

From an iPhone user

 

[johannielscom]

So who's the guy shooting with a Nintendo 3DS?

Please step forward.


😛

 

[redisburning]

the 5Dii is the most popular camera on shutter stock, as well.

Canon's success with that one cannot be overstated. Many realize there is no replacement for displacement, I think, and Canon brought that to people for a reasonable price.

 

[Greyscale]

According to EXIF data, I use a Noritsu to shoot all of my photos. 😀

 

[Honus]

Anyone who uploads film photos, like me, is going to be left out of that list. I know that ALL of my film scans all say they are from a Canon CanoScan 9000f in the exif data and not the assorted 30+ film cameras they actually came from.

I wonder how different that list would be if people like me who shot film actually were counted for the actual cameras we are using.

Funny, the exif data from my Leica MP gets picked up just fine 😀

http://www.flickr.com/cameras/leica/mp/

 

[jsrockit]

So who's the guy shooting with a Nintendo 3DS?
Please step forward.
😛

I used to use a gameboy camera that even had a printer. It was cool, but ultimately toy like.

 

[helvetica]

I think with a sample size as large as Flickr is this is a great analysis of "throughput" so to say. The AP (I think) did a similar graph last year of what cameras and what lenses accounted for what % of stories published. To me it is interesting because it represents "the will of the community", and to a degree where the rubber hits the road. I have plenty of film scans on my profile as well, but honestly I doubt all of the film scans from all cameras put together on Flickr since the beginning of the site would make a dent compared to the Canon 5D2 uploads.

Flickr also represents a particular slice of the photographic spectrum, naturally. It is more of the "Artists" type of photographer and a more broad, more general collection of people. Compare Flickr to say 500px on percentages along, and I would image that 500px has far fewer cell phone and more high-dollar camera pictures. Compared to Instagram, Flickr has a much more diverse crowd. It would be even more interesting to see a breakdown of the cameras used in the "Explore" photos over the last year.

 

[umcelinho]

impressed to see Sony RX100 as the top poster, I thought it'd probably be a NEX..

 

[BenJT]

I used to use a gameboy camera that even had a printer. It was cool, but ultimately toy like.

I remember that!

 

[shadowfox]

Hey where's all those better than iPhone, Androids?

From an iPhone user

They don't like flickr either.

😀

 

[nikkor-watching]

The 5D II is what I think of as a middle of the road, older expensive camera. Bit old and slow now. Maybe it's there because it was the first Canon DSLR to do video, and people who do video are more likely to share online?