2012 camera lens use by percentage
Lenses used in 2012
While the year is not over yet, it is shaping up to be one that measures among the least amount of pictures taken in a given year. While it was a very good year in many ways, I simply did not shoot as many frames. As one curious to some degree in the metrics of life, and particularly the photography process, I made a graph to show which lenses I used the most. These images reflect the pictures that I kept and put on my website, not every single picture taken, so while it is not 100% accurate, it reflects a fair description of lens use. What was slightly odd in this year, is that I photographed less of the wide angle landscape range, which is usually a more dominant part of my work. I look forward to reviving that in 2013, and I’ll be starting that off with a trip to Antarctica on January 1.
Interesting breakdown, Patrick. Still, the wide angles make up half of your work. I am curious what that was in other years? This has been an off year for my photography but in recent weeks, with all these clear skies, I have started picking up my camera again. The weather this summer and fall did not help! For me, my 600 would make up 60% of my work (I am guessing)with the 100-400 making up another 20% or so. To say I have tunnel vision is literally accurate:)
Milo,
Yeah, for many reasons, this year seemed slim for me regarding shooting. At heart I’m more of a landscape photographer, but I do love that tunnel vision shooting too 🙂 I may explore making a graph that compares my various years of shooting, that would really be interesting.
Interesting. The figure that sticks out to me is how little you use your 70-200. I assume you’ve got the 2.8. It’s so useful, and of such high quality, and is the workhorse for so many Canon wildlife photographers. Maybe Alaska is just too big for it…
Pat,
I used that lens much more at one time but I’m often in a place where I need to take one medium zoom for weight reasons and I choose the 100-400 over the 70-200 for it’s extra reach and versatility. My version of that lens tests out pretty sharp.