Last Updated on 04/03/2024 by Chris Gampat
There are lots of crazy things happening in the news right now, let’s be very frank. The photojournalists of the world have been competing to get better and better photographs. Their images are proof that the still image is quite important in the age of AI and videos seen on social media platforms. Every year, we look at some of the gear that photographers use; and this year there’s a very curious trend.
All images are provided to the Phoblographer with permission by the World Press Photo Awards. For more, please visit their website.
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Gear Analysis of the World Press Photo Awards Regional Winners for 2024
Here’s a list of some of the gear used:
- Canon 5D Mk II with a 24-70mm f2.8
- Leica M10 with a 28mm f2, 35mm f2
- Sony A7r Mk II
- Canon 5D Mk IV with a 35mm f1.4 L II and 16-35mm f2.8
- Sony A7r Mk III with a 24-70mm f2.8 G Master
- Canon 5D Mk III
- Nikon Z9 with 24-70mm f2.8 Z
- Sony a7s Mk III
- Nikon Z7 II
- Leica SL2s with 24-70mm f2.8
- Canon EOS R5
- Sony a7 Mk III
- Nikon D3
- Canon EOS R6
- Nikon Z8
- Nikon Z7
- Film
Fascinatingly, we can’t find records of Fujifilm in the EXIF data. In fact, everything that we could find leads to full-frame cameras. Perhaps it’s true that APS-C is really going away? But why would photographers use cameras as old as the Canon 5D Mk II and the Nikon D3? Of course, it’s the photographer that matters the most, but this data is fascinating to explore.
Editor’s note: World Press Photo reached out to us to tell us that Vincent Haiges used a Fujifilm X-Pro2. Nice to know, but again, it’s about the photographer.