What real Pros shoot...

[verysimplejason]

Just to play devils advocate here. The most used knives in the world of professional chefs are Victorinox, and that has not much to do with excellence in steel or sharpness. It has to do with the fact that Victorinox has been very successful in pushing out knives set (suitcases with basic, intermidiate, and advanced sets) to pretty much cooking students all over They can get away with a basic suitcase for the same price as two Kai Shun knives...

That is why I am wondering if the preponderance of Canon in the stats is due to a commercial arrangement between Reuters and Canon. For instance, does Reuters have an arrangement with Canon, which gives Reuters staff access to preferential pricing from Canon?

It's my understanding that Reuters' tool of trade, supplied to and used by their staff photographers, is Canon.

How did you come to that understanding? Can you give us some link or proof? We want to be enlightened also. I wonder about those photogs in Reuters that weren't using Canon. Maybe, they are rebels... oops... that's Canon.

 

[AdamJ]

It's my understanding that Reuters' tool of trade, supplied to and used by their staff photographers, is Canon.

How did you come to that understanding? Can you give us some link or proof? We want to be enlightened also. I wonder about those photogs in Reuters that weren't using Canon. Maybe, they are rebels... oops... that's Canon.

I thought it was common knowledge but now that you ask, I can only offer circumstantial evidence. I've seen images of various Reuters inventory over the years and as far as I recall, it has always been Canon, though I'm happy to be corrected. You may recall Reuters' 1DX motorised rigs for the Olympic swimming, and here's an inventory sample from the royal wedding.

If you search "reuters photographer" on Youtube, you'll be hard-pressed to find Reuters stickers on anything other than Canon gear. They do have a Nikon 1200-1700mm zoom but even that is converted to a Canon fit.

http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/8068

 

[serendipidy]

Looks like Reuters has almost as much Canon stuff as Neuro does ;D

 

[verysimplejason]

It's my understanding that Reuters' tool of trade, supplied to and used by their staff photographers, is Canon.

How did you come to that understanding? Can you give us some link or proof? We want to be enlightened also. I wonder about those photogs in Reuters that weren't using Canon. Maybe, they are rebels... oops... that's Canon.

I thought it was common knowledge but now that you ask, I can only offer circumstantial evidence. I've seen images of various Reuters inventory over the years and as far as I recall, it has always been Canon, though I'm happy to be corrected. You may recall Reuters' 1DX motorised rigs for the Olympic swimming, and here's an inventory sample from the royal wedding.

If you search "reuters photographer" on Youtube, you'll be hard-pressed to find Reuters stickers on anything other than Canon gear. They do have a Nikon 1200-1700mm zoom but even that is converted to a Canon fit.

http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/8068

I'm just playing around... But I've got this friend who's a field reporter for Reuters in Philippines. She just told me that Reuters photogs prefers Canon bodies just because they already have a lot of Canon lenses collected since the time Canon first adopted AF. They didn't mind changing to other system because of that. Some new photogs are using Nikon but not much since they can't take advantage of some lenses that are available already to them. I guess you can say that they don't mind the brand. What they really mind is that there's an equipment they can use right away.

 

[Loswr]

If you search "reuters photographer" on Youtube, you'll be hard-pressed to find Reuters stickers on anything other than Canon gear.

For a photojournalist, the most important thing is to get the shot. It seems clear that Reuters, one of the world's premiere news agencies, believes that Canon is the best choice for that demanding task - the best gear for the job.

But, apparently, Nikon makes a better monopod cover.

 

[Loswr]

^^^ That was a tongue-in-cheek comment, btw. To be clear, I hearby and forthwith tag the above post as <sarcasm>. :

 

[awinphoto]

If you search "reuters photographer" on Youtube, you'll be hard-pressed to find Reuters stickers on anything other than Canon gear.

For a photojournalist, the most important thing is to get the shot. It seems clear that Reuters, one of the world's premiere news agencies, believes that Canon is the best choice for that demanding task - the best gear for the job.

But, apparently, Nikon makes a better monopod cover.

Haha... A few years ago Canon CPS gave me a Canon Monopod Cover... It was soooo large and poorly designed it would easily slide off if I wasn't careful. You had to almost duct tape it to get it to fit right, and that's with a standard manfrotto monopod. Needless to say It's not in my arsenal anymore haha.

 

[AdamJ]

^^^ That was a tongue-in-cheek comment, btw. To be clear, I hearby and forthwith tag the above post as <sarcasm>. :

I preferred it when you left your sarcasm untagged. I liked reading the indignant replies when the sarcasm was missed.

 

[rpt]

^^^ That was a tongue-in-cheek comment, btw. To be clear, I hearby and forthwith tag the above post as <sarcasm>. :

I preferred it when you left your sarcasm untagged. I liked reading the indignant replies when the sarcasm was missed.

Humor like common sense is a rare commodity...

I vote neuro leaves the <sarc...> tag out.

 

[Kernuak]

^^^ That was a tongue-in-cheek comment, btw. To be clear, I hearby and forthwith tag the above post as <sarcasm>. :

I preferred it when you left your sarcasm untagged. I liked reading the indignant replies when the sarcasm was missed.

Humor like common sense is a rare commodity...

I vote neuro leaves the <sarc...> tag out.

Rumour has it, that common sense is officially extinct .

 

[And-Rew]

And to provide the flip side of the coin - the British Army provides all its photographers with Nikon gear.
That info courtesy of a British Army Photographer at a Tog Club talk

 

[Sporgon]

And to provide the flip side of the coin - the British Army provides all its photographers with Nikon gear.
That info courtesy of a British Army Photographer at a Tog Club talk

Quite right, the Army hasn't used canons for over 100 years........ :

 

[Loswr]

Quite right, the Army hasn't used canons for over 100 years........ :

But use of the canon is still quite popular at weddings, in the key of DO.

 

[Sporgon]

Quite right, the Army hasn't used canons for over 100 years........ :

But use of the canon is still quite popular at weddings, in the key of DO.

I've heard canons are popular with billiard players....... :

 

[rpt]

^^^ That was a tongue-in-cheek comment, btw. To be clear, I hearby and forthwith tag the above post as <sarcasm>. :

I preferred it when you left your sarcasm untagged. I liked reading the indignant replies when the sarcasm was missed.

Humor like common sense is a rare commodity...

I vote neuro leaves the <sarc...> tag out.

Rumour has it, that common sense is officially extinct .

Oh dear! I thought I had it
(Have it...)

 

[rpt]

Quite right, the Army hasn't used canons for over 100 years........ :

But use of the canon is still quite popular at weddings, in the key of DO.

I've heard canons are popular with billiard players....... :

Great shot bro!

 

[serendipidy]

LOL...you guys are tooo funny ;D

 

[expatinasia]

An awful lot of talk about Reuters in this thread. There are a lot more agencies than just them, and then there are those photographers commissioned by newspapers and such. I attend a lot of media events, including sporting and the boring conferences etc and generally I would say I see more Canon. BUT, in recent times Nikon has been growing quite rapidly in numbers and I know a few (freelancers) that have switched from Canon to Nikon. To be very honest I do not pay that much attention. I think a lot of people here would be surprised at how old some of the kit is. There are people on this forum with much more advanced kit (and much more of it) than many of the pro photographers that I know and see on a regular basis.

 

[Hillsilly]

The lack of 1Ds models stands out. Another indicator that photojournalists are required to double up as videographers, too.

 

[verysimplejason]

The lack of 1Ds models stands out. Another indicator that photojournalists are required to double up as videographers, too.

+1. Sometimes it's more important to capture the video to tell the whole scene. With video, you capture almost everything including momentary facial expressions, conversations and other sounds which are also very important to journalism.