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Is there a way within Lightroom to view the metadata of all your shots at once? I'd like to check which focal lengths I'm favouring, I know that's in Lightroom, but only if I scroll the photos one-by one?
 
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Go to Library/Filter by Metadata/Enable Metadata Filter.

The Metadata Filter pops up and you can see all the lenses and how many shots with each.

Select a lens and you see all the images taken with that lens.
 
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Eyelight said:
Go to Library/Filter by Metadata/Enable Metadata Filter.

The Metadata Filter pops up and you can see all the lenses and how many shots with each.

Select a lens and you see all the images taken with that lens.
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I was going to complain that the above only gives you the lens and not the actual focal length within a zoom, but I did some digging as I wrote and found that once you've clicked on the Metadata tab look to the right and you'll see No Filter in a small window. Click on that drop-down and choose Camera Info and it will show you the breakdown by focal length and whether or not the flash fired. Choose Exposure Info and it will show you the breakdown by ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed.

Lots of good stuff in there!! It's going to make life a LOT easier next time I need to find something like ISO 6400 images across various cameras so I can compare them.

While I was poking around I found this blog...

Rummaging Around in the Lightroom Database - Photo Tips @ Earthbound Light

...and being a SQL nerd I am intrigued by the idea that I might be able to write queries against the LR catalog (or more specifically, a copy of it - I don't want to screw it up). Need to dig into this when I have the time.
 
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Perfect! Thank you both!

From 292 shot with my 24-120mm, I took 39 shots at 24mm & 149 at 120mm.

Does this tell me that I need a 70-200mm? ;)
 
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Gorf said:
Perfect! Thank you both!

From 292 shot with my 24-120mm, I took 39 shots at 24mm & 149 at 120mm.

Does this tell me that I need a 70-200mm? ;)
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Well. I went and looked at my two zooms and both have more shots at the short and long of the range, with both having the most on the long end. 38% of the 18-55mm were at 55mm and 78% of the 55-200mm were at 200mm.

I wandering if I want a longer zoom or maybe a 300mm or 400mm prime.

Edited: Corrected the percentages for the long end above. The 60% and 90% I first stated were the short end and long end together. Now I'm thinking most of my shots are well outside the theoretical sweet spot of both lens.

This is good food for thought. Glad you asked the question.
 
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