I was browsing through The Official White House Photostream on Flickr today. The photographs are excellent. Pete Souza is the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama and Director of the White House photo office.
I noticed that the EXIF data was available for just about every photo and it contained lens information. Naturally, being a programmer/photography geek, I decided to download the EXIF data for all 1,433 photos (as of today) and find out which lenses the White House photography staff likes best. Here are the results:
Cameras
| Camera | # of photos |
| Canon EOS 5D Mark II | 1074 |
| Canon EOS 1DS Mark III | 31 |
| Canon EOS 5D | 23 |
| Canon EOS 1DS Mark II | 2 |
| Unknown | 303 |
Lenses
| Lens | # of photos |
| EF35mm f/1.4L USM | 439 |
| EF50mm f/1.2L USM | 179 |
| EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM | 166 |
| EF135mm f/2L USM | 136 |
| EF24mm f/1.4L II USM | 69 |
| EF85mm f/1.2L II USM | 34 |
| EF70-200mm f/4L USM | 16 |
| EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM | 27 |
| EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM | 20 |
| EF28mm f/1.8 USM | 10 |
| EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | 5 |
| EF135mm f/2L USM +1.4x | 3 |
| EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM | 3 |
| EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM | 3 |
| EF24mm f/1.4L USM | 3 |
| EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM | 2 |
| EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM +1.4x | 2 |
| 70.0-200.0 mm | 2 |
| EF20mm f/2.8 USM | 1 |
| EF35mm f/2 | 1 |
| EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x | 1 |
| EF200mm f/1.8L USM | 1 |
| Unknown | 310 |
… Continue reading Top cameras and lenses used by the White House photography staff
