Survey surprise: Many photo pros still rely on the Nikon Classic

According to a survey of 1,000 photographers from the professional and hobby-oriented camp, 63 percent of professionals now rely on mirrorless system cameras. This is reported by Australian website Shotkit, which started in 2014 as a community of wedding photographers. In the meantime, however, the medium has established itself as an authority for all photographic applications.

size and weight are crucial

According to surveys, hobbyists and professionals alike prefer DSLMs because of their obvious size and weight advantages. The switch is faster for professional photographers: 63 percent already use mirrorless, versus just 54 percent for hobbyists. If a DSLR is still used, both factions give the larger selection of lenses as the reason. However, Shotkit did not ask whether a DSLR-to-DSLM adapter is used by Switching.

When it comes to brand preference, there’s a surprise: 31 percent of professionals use Nikon and only 29 percent use Canon. Among amateurs, the front runners are distributed differently, with Canon at 28 percent ahead of Nikon at 26 percent, followed by Sony and Fujifilm.

Nikon’s classic among the most popular professional cameras

It may be true that people who make money from photos use longer content – but this survey also confirms it. The most popular professional camera is the Sony A7 III, followed by the Canon EOS R6 and then the Nikon D750. The latter was introduced in 2014, but was praised for its good performance with available light and good, swivel performance which was still a rarity at the time.

With the Fujifilm X-T3 being the most popular camera from 2018, the classics are enduring only among enthusiasts. As a cheap but powerful APS-C model, this isn’t surprising. Then there are more expensive full-frame cameras with Sony’s A7 III and Nikon’s D850 and D750. This coincides with a trend that Nikon recently recognized: fewer, but higher quality cameras being sold.

for public opinion apply shot kit A link in various Facebook groups, including your own, and addressed to your newsletter subscribers. Brand-specific groups were not addressed, but the survey does not claim to be representative.

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