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Top cameras and lenses used by the White House photography staff

John Watson // October 20th, 2009

EF85mm f/1.2L II USM

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

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5 Responses to “Top cameras and lenses used by the White House photography staff”

1. Kris says:

   October 21, 2009 at 4:47 am

   Pretty neat, gotta love that Flickr API.

   Was thinking about doing something similar with my own photos, and maybe including exposure data and PlaceID info, too.

   And yes, that is quite a lens collection there.
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5. White-House Fotoausrüstung « Top Fotografie Blog says:

   December 2, 2009 at 10:31 pm

   [...] das Canon EF 35 F/1.4L USM, zum Einsatz, aber auch das beliebte EF 24-70 F/2.8L USM Zoom. Genauer analysiert hat dies der John Watson von Photodoto, was wir via Kwerfeldein entdeckt [...]