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Reuters Announces Its List of Best Photos for 2012; Redditor Breaks Down All the Gear Used

Chris Gampat
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12/03/2012
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Last Updated on 12/03/2012 by Chris Gampat

 

Reuters recently announced their list of the best photos shot this past year by their photographers. Personally, I know that lots of gear heads often wonder what was used to shoot the images. A stalwart Redditor took it upon himself to download the images and break them down by EXIF data. He then grouped the images together by different categories such as camera used, lenses, ISO, shutter, speed, etc. He’s published his results in the /R/Photography subreddit. But the graphs can be seen on this Google Doc.

The most popular results? The Canon 1D Mk IV with a 16-35mm lens attached, set at 1/320s, f/2.8, and ISO 200. But the other results are also very interesting and a lot of interesting information can be taken away from this:

– Many photographers love shooting wide open or stopped down not further beyond f5.6

– Even more love shooting wide open, especially at longer focal lengths.

– There isn’t much information on flash or strobe usage

– The original 5D is still quite a formidable camera and is still in use by these agencies; as is a Sony point and shoot. At the time of publishing this piece, an Amazon retailer is selling the camera for just under $4,000 brand new; while others are selling it for much less.

(Via Petapixel)

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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