This infographic shows which camera brands most Flickr users prefer.

CANON IS THE CLEAR winner of Flickr’s camera popularity contest. According to this infographic from Column Five Media, the number of Canon owners on Flickr more than doubles that of runner-up Nikon. But for daily use, most of the website’s photographers seem to be doing what I do – whipping out their iPhones when a cool shot comes along.

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Michelle Schusterman

Michelle is a musician, writer, and teacher just trying to see the world while doing what she loves for a living. She's taught ESL in Salvador, Brazil and kindergarten in Suwon, Korea, and now she's a full-time freelance writer living in Seattle (just to keep the city alliteration going). She'll try pretty much any food once and believes coffee is its own food group.

  • http://vagabonderz.com Carlo

    I’m a Canon man myself. Do you know about this link? http://www.flickr.com/cameras

    You can check all the pics taken with each camera and more detailed stats.

    • http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/michelles Michelle Schusterman

      Wow, that’s awesome! Thanks for that link, Carlo.

  • http://saratheintrepid.wordpress.com/ Sara

    I love my Canon G10.Compact and versatile. wouldn’t be without it.

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