Last Updated on 04/23/2020 by Brett Day
The 2020 World Press Photo Award Winners have been announced, and we’ve learned what cameras they’ve used.
We’re going to be honest; more than anything else, the 2020 World Press Photo Award Winners are demonstrating that their talents are far surpassing the gear they’re using. However, for curiosity’s sake, it’s always cool to just know what’s being used! With today’s announcement of the winning images, we got to take a look at the photos before the announcement and analyzed what was used. Some interesting tidbits about everything are below.
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A Listing of the Cameras Used
Cameras aren’t everything, but they sure do help a photographer create the images they’re putting out there. If you look at what the stats are saying, it seems like APS-C is more than good enough for professional work despite lots of folks not believing so. We’re also seeing medium format edging more into the press world, but full-frame is still dominant. DSLRs are also still the mainstay although Mirrorless is catching up. The information also indicates that large sensor compact cameras are highly capable. Here’s the list below of what we were able to gather.
- Fujifilm X-H1
- Fujifilm GFX 100
- Fujifilm X100
- Fujifilm X100T
- Fujifilm X100S
- Fujifilm X-T10
- Fujifilm X-T3
- Fujifilm X Pro 2
- Canon 5D Mk III
- Canon 5D Mk IV
- Canon 1Dx Mk II
- Canon 5DS
- Canon 5DS R
- Sony a7r III
- Sony a7r II
- Sony a7 III
- Nikon D800
- Nikon D850
- Nikon D750
- Nikon D5
- Nikon D4s
- Nikon D600
- Nikon D3
- Nikon D4
- DJI Drone (No name given)
- Epson V700/V750 (Which means that there are film shooters here)
- Leica M10
Statistics
The big winners are Fujifilm and Nikon in terms of camera manufacturers. Nikon’s high-end DSLRs are popular with photojournalists but so too is the Fujifilm X series. There is one photographer using a GFX 100 (which we find positively fascinating). And while Sony seems to be dominating in Mirrorless sales, they’re not so popular amongst pros in this segment: there isn’t even a single Sony a9 in the bunch that we’ve been able to find. Nikon and Canon’s Mirrorless options are also missing from this list. But the most fascinating and eye-opening cameras are the Fujifilm X100 series, the Leica M10, and a film shooter.
- 8 Fujifilm Cameras
- 1 Leica
- 1 DJI
- 1 Film shooter
- 8 Nikon cameras
- 3 Sony cameras
- 5 Canon cameras
- 9 Mirrorless cameras
- 13 DSLRs
- 1 Drone