Looking back ...
With the new year starting I thought it’d be a good idea to have a look at how I’ve been shooting over the past year or so .
For about the last 4 years I had been using a Nikon D70, I upgraded to a Nikon D300 in August 2008 …
61.63% of the shots currently in my Lightroom catalog were taken with the D70. and already 38.36% with the D300 (I think I’ve been bracketing much more and done a few more sports events)
Lenses:
29.93% with the Sigma 10 – 20 mm
27.94% with the Nikon 18 – 70 mm
1.86% with the Nikon 50 mm 1.8
and 40.25% with the Nikon 70 – 300 VR
The most used aperture is f 8.0 followed by f 10.0 and shutter speed 1/500 of a sec.
Its also obvious that I tend to stick to ISO 200 as much as possible, though that has changed a little with the D300.
The 70 – 300 and 1/500 shutter speed can probably also be attributed to sports shooting.
So now what?
Not sure at this stage, but I’m hoping to get out some more and attempt a few more panoramas, as well as trying a few things from strobist ...
2009 should be an interesting year!
berndt2
Cool stats! Not sure what mine would be, but my favourite lenses to shoot with are my 50 and 90mm primes (and shhhh : the kit lens because it’s convenient and disposable so I don’t care if it gets banged around in my bag!) – I’m surprised your 50mm registers so low and that the 10-20mm registers so high : I have it too and I don’t give it nearly that kind of workout! Love the stats though – and good luck with your photography in 2009!
David Sundstrom replied
Thanks berndt2 …
I think I have a tendency to go wide for many things, though I have been noticing that my 10 – 20 doesn’t seem to hold up as well on my D300. Many of the shots feel softer though this may just be in my head or could be a handling issue as the D300 is a little more demanding.
I think I’d probably use a 20 – 35 prime much more than I would use the 50, I tend only to play with it at the moment or use it for very low light stuff.