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Top 10 Digital Cameras on Flickr

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-thats-actually-very-clever dept.

zokiii writes "This list represents the top camera makes and models used to create photos uploaded to Flickr. The list is generated automatically by periodically sampling the EXIF data from the stream of recent uploads." This is actually an incredibly simple idea, but a really useful one when considering a new camera to buy. Score three points for scrapers.

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  1. Small error by KokorHekkus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL and Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL are the same camera AFAIK, just differnent names for different markets. It's called 350D in Europe, Digital Rebel in the US... rest of the world I don't know.

    Guess it says something about the demography of the posters though.

  2. Fairly high end cameras by binaryDigit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Most of the cameras are all relatively high end stuff:

    1. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
    2. NIKON D50
    3. Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
    4. Canon EOS 20D
    5. NIKON D70
    6. NIKON D70s
    7. Canon PowerShot S2 IS
    8. Canon EOS 30D
    9. Sony CYBERSHOT
    10. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL

    Don't know if this is really useful for the "average" consumer, but does give an interesting view of who posts on Flickr. It would be interesting to compare this with other sites like pbase and see how the camera distribution changes as the demographics of the users (and the intended audience of the site) changes.

  3. or see FlagrantDisregards top 100 models / makes by joejoejoejoe · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/topcameras.php

    John has this for flickr too, and shows the top 100 makes and models. I think he uses the Flickr-API, ie not a scrapper. He says on the page "The lists are generated automatically by periodically sampling the EXIF data from the stream of recent uploads." and I think he hits that stream via the API...

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  4. Re:Stats by Uncle+Rummy · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually, they do discuss this, though indirectly. They apparently are counting the number of pictures uploaded:

    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.