Popular Digital Cameras

It’s that time again where I reveal what digital cameras, lenses, accessories, books and other gear you, the DPS community, have been buying over the last couple of months!

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DSLRs

One camera sold significantly more than any other this last quarter – the Canon EOS 40D. In there were more 40D’s bought than all other DSLRs added together.

1.     Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP
2.     Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP
3.     Nikon D40x 10.2MP
4.     Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP
5.     Nikon D200 10.2MP
6.     Nikon D80 10.2MP
7.     Canon EOS 30D 8.2MP
8.     Nikon D40 6.1MP
9.     Olympus Evolt E500 8MP
10.     Pentax K100D 6.1MP
11.     Sony Alpha A100 10.2MP
12.     Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP
13.     Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP
14.     Pentax K10D 10.2MP

Point and Shoot Cameras

The Canon point and shoot camera range sold out all others quite easily this quarter – with the SD850IS and S3 and S5 convincingly out selling the rest:

1.     Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP 4x Zoom
2.     Canon PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS 6MP with 12x Zoom
3.     Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP 12x Zoom
4.     Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Zoom
5.     Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP 4x Zoom
6.     Nikon Coolpix S50c 7.2 MP 3x Zoom
7.     Canon PowerShot A720IS 8MP 6x Zoom
8.     Fujifilm Finepix F40fd 8.3MP 3x Zoom
9.     Sony Cybershot S650 7.2MP 3x Zoom
10.     Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP 4x Zoom
11.     Canon PowerShot G9 12.1MP 6x Zoom
12.     Fujifilm Finepix F31fd 6.3MP 3x Zoom
13.     Kodak EasyShare C653 6.1MP 3x Zoom
14.     Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS 7.1MP 12x Zoom
15.     Panasonic DMC-FZ50S 10.1MP 12x Zoom

Prime Lenses

As usual – the 50mm lens featured heavily in both Nikon and Canon Prime lens sales.

1.     Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens” (Canon)
2.     Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens + Accessory Kit w/ 2 Year Extended Warranty” (Nikon)
3.     Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens for Canon SLR Cameras” (Canon)
4.     Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras” (Canon)
5.     Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras” (Nikon)
6.     Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras” (Canon)
7.     Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras” (Canon)
8.     Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Digital SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLR Cameras” (Canon)
9.     Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Autofocus Lens
10.     Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye Lens

Zoom Lenses

A real range of zoom lenses were purchased this last quarter with a Nikon outselling other models:

1.     Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Zoom Nikkor Len
2.     Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro Lens
3.     Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens
4.     Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens
5.     Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens
6.     Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
7.     Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens
8.     Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens
9.     Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM Standard Zoom Lens
10.     Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED IF AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens

Accessories

This is just a taste of the hundreds of accessories that the DPS community buys each quarter with loads of memory cards, bags, tripods and flashes featuring in the full list:

1.     Kingston 2GB Secure Digital Memory Card (SD/2GB)
2.     Tiffen 52mm 81B Filter
3.     Canon 200EG Deluxe Digital Photo Backpack
4.     Joby GP3-01EN Gorillapod SLR-Zoom Flexible Tripod
5.     The POD Camera Platform (Bean Bag)
6.     Canon BG-E3 Battery Grip for EOS Digital Rebel XT Camera” (Canon)
7.     Nikon Lens Pen Cleaning System” (Nikon)
8.     Bogen-Manfrotto 3021BPRO Professional Tripod without Head (Black)” (Bogen)
9.     Canon 430EX Speedlite Flash for Canon Pro1, Pro 90, G Series and all EOS SLR Cameras” (Canon)
10.     Canon EF 2X II Extender Telephoto Accessory” (Canon)

Post Production Software

As usual – Adobe dominates the best selling software list.

1.     Adobe Photoshop CS3 [Mac]
2.     Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 Win/Mac
3.     Adobe Photoshop CS3
4.     Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Mac)
5.     Adobe Photoshop Elements 6
6.     Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Premiere Elements 3.0 Bundle
7.     Adobe Photoshop CS2