The most common equipment and exposure settings for the Reuters "Best photos of 2012" were: Canon 1D Mark IV with a 16-35 mm shooting at f2.8 for 1/320 at ISO 200 (stats post)

Not trying to make any point here, I just love cameras and also statistics. So, I copy, pasted, sorted and tallied the data from the "Reuters Full Focus - Best photos of the year 2012" page (look for the link and thread at the top of http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/)

I'm an amateur and I like to absorb what I can from shot data. Here's what I tallied:

Camera: Canon 60D Canon 7D Canon 1D Mark III (4), Canon 1D Mark IV (26), Canon 1D X (6), Canon 5D (3), Canon 5D Mark II (19), Canon 5D Mark III (8), Nikon D3, NIKON D3S, Nikon D4, Nikon D7000, Nikon D800, Sony DSC H5,

Prime Lenses: 15mm, 16 mm (5), 17mm (2), 20mm, 24 mm (6), 25mm, 28mm (2), 35mm (2), 42mm, 50mm (6), 90mm, 135mm (2), 300mm, 400mm (3),

Zoom Lenses: 16-35 mm (18), 24-105mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm (13), 100-400mm ,

F Stop: 1.4 (6), 1.6, 1.8 (3), 2.0 (2), 2.5 (2), 2.8 (20), 3.2 (5), 3.5 (2), 4.0 (7), 5 (2), 5.6 (5), 6.3 (2), 7.1 (3), 8.0 (3), 9 (2), 10 (2), 11, 14, 16,

Sutter Speed: 1/8000 , 1/6400, 1/4000 (2), 1/3200, 1/2700, 1/2500, 1/2000 (3), 1/1600 (2), 1/1250 (3), 1/800 (4), 1/664, 1/640 (4), 1/500 (3), 1/400 (4), 1/320 (8), 1/250 (6), 1/200 (4), 1/160, 1/125 (4), 1/80, 1/60, 1/50 (2), 1/41, 1/40, 1/30, 1/25, 1/20, 1/10 (2), 8 seconds,

ISO: 50 , 100 (6), 125, 160 , 160, 200 (12), 250 (4), 320 , 400 (9), 500 (3), 640 , 800 (9), 1000 (2), 1250 (2), 1600 (7), 2000 , 2500, 3200 (4), 4000 (3), 5000 ,

**Edit: I'd like to hear from the Canon folks what the age is of these Canons are. Also, how top-of-the-line are they? I'm assuming some are second or third tier and a few years old. (I shoot Nikon, clueless about Canon)

I would love to see other tallies, like how many of these photos are: sports, war, protest, disaster, political, etc. or any other aspects people may be curious about.**