Still & always my Canon 24-105 mm L II
As always, 24-85D
Running a comfortable second is 200-500, responsible for a serious GAS attack two years ago…tripods, heads, quick disconnects, storage gear…I think 2022 will be the Year of the L Bracket.
Historical last place, but found a nice outing this year, 70-300D
Just yesterday I got a Z 24-70 f/4 for the new Z7 ii. Silly story: instead of writing it down, short term memory couldn’t store the filter size for my new friend, so I kept flipping between the lens page and the filter page. Of course, staring me in the face the whole time was the front cover of David Busch’s book on Z6 ii/Z7 ii…with the 24-70 f/4 mounted…and ‘Ø72’ clearly engraved on the front bezel.
Nalu
Loc: Southern Arizona
no question, sony 600 f/4 with 1.4 and 2x converters. good post in that i can consider getting rid of some glass to purchase a 2nd a1. 🤪
bwana
Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you filter and count your images with 2021 shooting dates in Lightroom, what surprises do you find? Do you use your own usage statistics to plan to sell unused lenses / cameras? Or maybe, to change the lenses you'll use more in 2022?
Personally, when I sort / filter my 2021 statistics in Lightroom, I see have still have a lot of culling to do from the November travel and multiple architecture boat tours in Chicago in August. Picking the exact total winner isn't possible yet. What I do note, though, is a better and more equal distribution of lens usage through 2021.
Usage, that's really the idea of this annual review of images and lenses used. I don't own any lenses, (nor cameras) that are not actively being used. Most, of course, are not every day / every month. But all are now being used to create 'keeper' images every year. It is this annual review of usage that helped me a few years ago to get rid of underused equipment and to push a few lenses off the shelf and back onto camera bodies for more active use.
Preliminary results say the 600mm extended configuration of the EF 300 f/2.8L IS II and the EF 2x III teleconverter have moved back to the top place in usage as I've had more time / opportunities with wildlife in 2021 as compared to 2020. Again, the incomplete culling skews actual results, but of my four bodies and 5921 images in 2021 currently remaining, I see the EOS 5DIII still being used most and the more frequently lenses with image counts in the 300 to 500 range.
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Most used lens is a Canon 24-105 L with adapter on either a Sony A7 III or A7R III. Great lens!
bwa
Most used Lens of 2021
Nikon 24-70 f2.8
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you filter and count your images with 2021 shooting dates in Lightroom, what surprises do you find? Do you use your own usage statistics to plan to sell unused lenses / cameras? Or maybe, to change the lenses you'll use more in 2022?
Personally, when I sort / filter my 2021 statistics in Lightroom, I see have still have a lot of culling to do from the November travel and multiple architecture boat tours in Chicago in August. Picking the exact total winner isn't possible yet. What I do note, though, is a better and more equal distribution of lens usage through 2021.
Usage, that's really the idea of this annual review of images and lenses used. I don't own any lenses, (nor cameras) that are not actively being used. Most, of course, are not every day / every month. But all are now being used to create 'keeper' images every year. It is this annual review of usage that helped me a few years ago to get rid of underused equipment and to push a few lenses off the shelf and back onto camera bodies for more active use.
Preliminary results say the 600mm extended configuration of the EF 300 f/2.8L IS II and the EF 2x III teleconverter have moved back to the top place in usage as I've had more time / opportunities with wildlife in 2021 as compared to 2020. Again, the incomplete culling skews actual results, but of my four bodies and 5921 images in 2021 currently remaining, I see the EOS 5DIII still being used most and the more frequently lenses with image counts in the 300 to 500 range.
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Nikon 28-300. It is my all around go to lens. Having just returned from Egypt it was by far my most used lens out
of the 4 I took. Very versatile.
Lumix 14-42mm PZ pancake (28-84mm equ). 45-175mm PZ (90-350mm equ) not that far behind. Luv'em both.
I should be so lucky.
Zeiss 24-70mm f2.8 and then the Sony 200-600mm G
My most used was a Nikon 18-140mm on my D5600.
Sigma 105 f2.8 Macro for Sony.
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