On lens envy

[theducks]

Pete Souza is a lucky guy. He gets to be official Whitehouse photographer, not just the current one, but he was also Reagan’s too. He also gets to play with lots of shiny toys, and uploads photos to the Whitehouse flickr stream.

Thanks to this, you can EXIF stalk his kit. But not too closely. They strip out the device serial numbers from the EXIF, so you can’t tell how many of each he has. Let’s assume it’s a few. I wish I had a couple of Canon 5D mkII (AUD$3995) cameras. Anyway, this seems to be what he’s been using:

• EF135mm f/2L USM - AUD$1565
• EF50mm f/1.2L USM - AUD$2135
• EF24mm f/1.4L II USM - AUD$2395
• EF28mm f/1.8 USM
• EF35mm f/1.4L USM - AUD$1970
• EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM - AUD$2690
• x1.4 Teleconverter - $495

It’s a tough life. I really want the 24mm f/1.4L II USM. Hell, I’d even settle for version I :P

 

Comments

[pt.livejournal.com]

35mm F1.4? It's around USD$550 in second hand Nikon land. I've never heard of a $3500 lens before.. (excluding stupid lenses.)

[torque-635.livejournal.com]

Whoops my bad.

I meant the 28mm f1.4