Top Cameras on Flickr

Flagrantdisregard.com has a running list of the top digital cameras being used on Flickr. The list goes by model and brand. For instance, this week of August 21st, the top ten are as follows:

  1. NIKON D50
  2. NIKON D70
  3. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
  4. Canon EOS 20D
  5. Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
  6. NIKON D70s
  7. Sony CYBERSHOT
  8. Canon PowerShot S2 IS
  9. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
  10. NIKON D200

This list is generated not by camera sales, surveys or other market data, but from the EXIF information found on the actual photos uploaded on Flickr. It’s a good list in that the ones on top are those that have a vote of confidence among users, judging from the actual ownership and usage.

Of course, the data may be skewed, since some users might unknowingly be stripping off EXIF data from their photos before uploading to Flickr (say, if the photos were resized using an editor that didn’t save the EXIF along with the resized image). Also, notice that Sony cameras are marked by “CYBERSHOT,” and not by exact model–likely, photos were taken with phone-cams.

Further, you will notice that the D-SLRs dominate the list. Perhaps this is due to the sheer volume that photo enthusiasts (amateur photographers and professionals) upload on their sites, which sometimes serve as their portfolios. They’re likely the ones to have Pro accounts, too, which gives them unlimited upload capability. Casual users, on the other hand, might not be uploading so frequently, and would probably have free, limited accounts.

Still, it’s a good representation of the actual market share of the various brands, with the top ten ranked as follows:

  1. Canon
  2. Nikon
  3. Sony
  4. FujiFilm
  5. Kodak
  6. Olympus
  7. Casio
  8. Sony Ericsson
  9. Nokia
  10. Panasonic

Notice that cellphone manufacturers Nokia and SonyEricsson are included in the list.

Photodoto has a graphical representation of this ranking here.

[via Yahoo! shopping blog]

August 22nd, 2006 Posted by J. Angelo Racoma in News at 3:02 am Comment Now! »
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