SLR is still the top choice in photojournalism

Word Press Photo 2014 with 58% attend work taken by Canon camera, followed by Nikon with 28%.

PetaPixel posting page citation from Hastalosmegapixeles Infographic shows visual look of the device make the photos attended the World Press Photo Award (World Press Photo) 2014.

Accordingly, the Canon EOS-1D X camera is used most. Far behind other devices as well as two of Canon, the 5D Mark II was released for 6 years, is to stop production and successor version 5D Mark III . Fourth place to sixth with Nikon belong respectively model D700 ,   D4 and D800 . The rankings below are a few other devices on Canon, Nikon and Sony, Leica and Mamiya.

Overall, the Canon still dominate the market with 58% market share.Followed by 28% Nikon, Leica 7%, 5% and Mamiya Sony 2%.

Canon EOS-1D X.

Mirrorless camera (mirrorless) are signaling growth in the market share, but in photojournalism, the number of devices mirrorless only 3%, a figure so small compared to the 88% of SLR cameras.

The noteworthy point is that in the digital era, faster operational requirements and the rise of electronic media but still 2% Press photographer used a similar camera (film camera) for operational, while 98% use digital cameras. Medium format cameras ( medium-format ) Mamiya 7 or a few common model, born from a long time Canon, Nikon also used.

World Press Photo is an annual photo contest were evaluated with the scale and the world's most prestigious in the field of journalism. Vietnam is also the author this award .