Moonwell Photography | Blog

Just some geeky info that may interest the other photographers out there.

Based on the analysis of approx 348,000 of our images (the majority of our shots get indexed to a MySQL database storing the EXIF data), the top three lenses we shoot with are:

Canon 70-200mm F/2.8L: 47%
Canon 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5: 27%
Canon 24-70mm F/2.8L: 13%

This comes as no surprise, since for the majority of any given day you’ll find a 7D + 70-200 on my right hip and the 50D + 10-22 on the left.
Also, 27% of our images are shot at f/2.8. f/4 and f/5.6 get 21% each, with f/8 getting 10%.

Here’s a full breakdown of top lenses, f/stop and shutter speeds we shoot

Lenses
47%    70-200mm F/2.8L
27%    10-22mm F/3.5-4.5
13%    24-70mm F/2.8L
4%    100mm F/2.8 Macro
3%    300mm F/2.8L
6%    Other

F/Stop
2%    < F/2.8
27%    F/2.8
5%    F/3.2
11%    F/3.5
21%    F/4
21%    F/5.6
10%    F/8
2%    F/11
1%    > F/11

ISO
14%    100
29%    200
21%    400
11%    800
18%    1600
5%    3200
2%    > 3200

Shutter Speed
11%    1/640 s
10%    1/250 s
10%    1/200 s
9%    1/320 s
7%    1/400 s
7%    1/500 s
7%    1/160 s
4%    1/100 s
4%    1/800 s
4%    1/1000 s
4%    1/125 s
3%    1/60 s
3%    1 second +
17%    Other