The World Press Picture group lately shared the winners of its 2022 competitors. Because it does yearly, the Spanish web site Photolari has adopted with a breakdown of the manufacturers, techniques, and cameras that have been used to seize the successful images.
A few of the finest photojournalists on this planet submit for the World Press Picture competitors with the purpose of bringing perception into photojournalism and the dedication it takes to get the proper shot.
As talked about, Photolari publishes a breakdown of the cameras utilized by photojournalists within the competitors, however the methodology has modified barely in 2022 versus earlier years as a result of the competitors modified its mannequin from international solely to region-based. As such, Photolari checked out the 24 regional winners — that are thought of the finalists for the worldwide competitors — and located that it was doable to acquire digital camera knowledge on 22 of them. This quantity is considerably smaller than the 2021 knowledge.
It must also be famous that there was no sports activities class this 12 months and with that got here a notable absence of quick skilled cameras.
Due to the smaller pattern measurement, Canon’s dominance feels stronger. As talked about within the 2021 protection of the competitors, Canon has been probably the most used system by winners since 2018. Final 12 months, Canon cameras have been used to seize about 35% of the images, whereas this 12 months that quantity has ballooned to over 60%.
Nikon got here in second with 5 cameras, together with what many would think about to be an entry-level DSLR within the D3200 utilized by Vladimir Encina, the winner of the Singles class within the South American area. Sony as soon as once more got here in third with probably the most generally used Alpha 7 III and a few Alpha 7R IIIs.
Final 12 months, mirrorless cameras did enhance in reputation however have been nonetheless used much less ceaselessly than DSLRs. That sample continues in 2022: 13 of the 22 cameras have been DSLRs whereas solely eight have been mirrorless. Whereas rangefinders will be and infrequently are thought of to be mirrorless cameras, Photolari separated the only Leica M10 rangefinder utilized by Nanna Heitmann, the Tales winner within the European area, as its personal slice of the chart as proof of the format’s minority when in comparison with DSLRs and extra typical mirrorless cameras.
Photolari’s knowledge will not be as full as in earlier years, however the data remains to be helpful to those that are being attentive to what photojournalists are literally utilizing within the subject. As continues to be the case, it isn’t the newest and biggest gear that tops the checklist.
Picture credit: Header photograph by Ryan Mense for PetaPixel. Charts courtesy of Photolari.
