Focal range distribution of photographs taken with the LX3

Roadside, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Field, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Barley, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I have made twice before an analysis of what focal lengths I'm using most often on the LX3, and previously it has been the wide end (24 mm) which dominates.

Interestingly, this is no longer the case. Here is an analysis done with the exiftool program for my "landscape" photographs taken in 2010.



Now the tele end is starting to dominate. And there are relatively few images (compared to before) at 24 mm equiv.

There is a systematic change in the focal lengths which is due to using the square format (1:1 aspect ratio). Namely, the camera reports the focal length as longer in 35 mm equiv. when using the 1:1 aspect ratio. For example, 24 mm becomes 28 mm and 60 mm becomes 70 mm. But this does not much change the overall analysis.

Maybe I don't need the wide lens of the LX3 as much as I thought. And having a longer reach that 60 mm equiv. would certainly be useful. Hmmm...