What was your most used lens for 2019?
Dec 30, 2019 21:55:59 #
pesfls wrote:
Olympus 12/40 Pro. Nikkor 105mm Ai f4 micro a close second. Had never thought of checking into this before. Thanks for sparking my curiosity.
Dec 30, 2019 21:59:34 #
Dec 30, 2019 23:29:39 #
Difficult question. I shot fewer sporting events than others but I have more images. That is understandable as family portraits are organized with shots determined before the shoot. Sporting events are less controlled and camera is almost in video mode.
Dec 30, 2019 23:31:52 #
Dec 30, 2019 23:49:01 #
smussler
Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY
DirtFarmer wrote:
For you guys that don't have Lightroom, there is a program called "Exposure Plot" which might give you a clue. You give it a folder and it will look through all the image files in that folder (you can include subfolders) and give you a histogram of focal lengths. Also ISO, Shutter speed, and something else (aperture?)
https://www.vandel.nl/
https://www.vandel.nl/
Interesting App.
It showed my shooting with a 630mm, which I don't own. Looking at exif properties, I'm not sure if I agree with the analysis.
Lens was my 70-300, zoomed out to 300mm with a 1.4x teleconverter, making it a 420mm.
Lens was on my Nikon D5600 (cropped sensor). The application reported the 35mm equivalent format at 630mm.
I guess the app is doing that "trick" throughout as 18mm isn't displayed at all for my photos, the low end of my 18-140mm.
Topic has been beaten to death here. Cropped versus FF, the focal length of the lens doesn't change - that's my view on it.
There were just a few shoots, as I was just seeing how the 1.4x worked with the 70-300 nikor, which Nikon says isn't compatible with their teleconverters.
That aside to answer Paul's survey, it looks like my kit 18-140mm is my most used. Too bad the program doesn't grab the lens data, as I have overlapping focal lengths with my 70-300.
I also have a 40mm Macro/Micro, so that skews things a bit too, making it difficult to really tell what my predominately used lens is.
I don't have LR, so your post was of interest.
For those that do have LR, does the analysis in there alter the FL to that 35mm equivalent format? - Just wondering.
The image is from my home brewed app, pulling exif properties with Phil Harvey's exiftool.exe application.
Does LR report the actual lens in it's analysis?
Dec 30, 2019 23:56:00 #
Dec 31, 2019 00:20:12 #
My most used lens is the Sony 24 - 70mm G; I use it just about exclusively on my Sony A7R2 for my food photography. You cannot beat the sharpness of this lens.
Dec 31, 2019 03:23:02 #
foggypreacher
Loc: Dickinson, Texas
CHG_CANON wrote:
Someone asked this end-of-year question last year.... (show quote)
I know that after I bought a Nikon 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 in February of 2019, that was definitely was my go to lens. I do not even have to look it up. In the last month or so, I have been using my 35mm and 50mm f1/8s more, but not enough to overtake the 18-140. For 2020, I will have to check in December.
Interesting question.
Dec 31, 2019 10:18:00 #
Dec 31, 2019 11:47:21 #
My 2 Nikon D300s & D800 are used continuously as remote cameras at launch pads at Kennedy Space Center with 105 f2.8, & 55/300mm & 24/70 2.8. At the same time from manned locations 2 D500 with 500mm & a 400 mm with 1.7 TC
Dec 31, 2019 16:59:06 #
Dec 31, 2019 17:28:43 #
70-200 F2.8L IS ii
low light, portraits, sports/wildlife(50%), sharpness, weatherproof, .... ALWAYS in the bag.
24-70 is distant 2nd
35mm F1.4 and 16-35mm are tied for 3rd. (due to wedding work)
150-600 for sports and wildlife (other 50%)
50mm F1.4 is last (keeping for any artistic work I may want to do)
The 85mm F1.4L IS ii is for sale.
low light, portraits, sports/wildlife(50%), sharpness, weatherproof, .... ALWAYS in the bag.
24-70 is distant 2nd
35mm F1.4 and 16-35mm are tied for 3rd. (due to wedding work)
150-600 for sports and wildlife (other 50%)
50mm F1.4 is last (keeping for any artistic work I may want to do)
The 85mm F1.4L IS ii is for sale.
Dec 31, 2019 23:20:34 #
My AF-S NIKKOR 55-300MM 1:4.5-5.6 G ED on my D5100. Mostly soccer for a young man in my life. But also for backyard birding and wild life.
Jan 1, 2020 01:37:07 #
Jan 1, 2020 04:08:03 #
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