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Top Cameras in India

September 5th, 2007

Hey! We bring you the first ever review of the top cameras and camera phones on itasveer.com.

While 65% of our traffic is from India, much of the remaining is from the Indian diaspora, thus this is probably one of the first statistical analyses on camera usage from an India centric perspective.

So, without further ado, here’s what we found.

For those who want a quick summary: Sony and Canon are the top camera brands with more than 50% of itasveer members using them. The top Point & Shoot model is the Sony Cyber-shot DSC W5, the top DSLR is the Canon EOS 350D and the top camera phone is the Sony Ericsson K750i. About 10% of users uploaded images clicked from a camera phone on to itasveer.com

For those who love graphs and charts and more data, here are the details. [Warning: This is a long post, but with lots of tasty graphs and charts.]

The Top Brands

Canon and Sony are the most widely used brands on itasveer.com with as much as 50% of our members using them. Noteworthy is that a surprising 10% of our users use cameraphones and Nokia and Sony Ericsson figure in the top 10 brands.

The Top Camera Models

The Sony DSC W5 is the most widely used camera on itasveer.com. Interestingly, the Sony Ericsson K750i figures in the top three! Canon EOS 350D is the most used DSLR camera. Animesh, the photography aficionado among us also owns the 350D and swears by it (which, by the way, did not lead to any skewness in the data :)).

The Top Cameras by brand

We also thought it would be useful to list the top 3 cameras, both Point & Shoot and DSLRs for our top camera brands. These are the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC W5, Canon Powershot S2 IS and the Nikon E4600 in the case of Point & Shoot and Canon 350D and Nikon D50 in the case of DSLRs. For your reference, we have also added the camera’s rank within its brand on flickr.com in brackets next to the camera model. (Click to enlarge)

The Top Cameraphones

Finally, the top camera phones in general, and also by brand on itasveer.com. After the Sony Ericsson K750i which figures in the top across all kinds of cameras, it’s Nokia all the way with the N70 being the most popular cameraphone from the Nokia stable.

Methodology

The data used for the analysis is actual data from itasveer.com for the period April 2006 to August 2007. The top cameras have been evaluated based on the number of users using a camera model. The model is automatically detected from the photo’s EXIF data, however, this is not possible for about 10% of the images uploaded on itasveer.com which haven’t been included in the analysis.

So let us know what you guys think! Which are your favorite cameras?

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