I vote that the next time we need a photo of Air Force one that we just have Obama take it himself rather than spend $328,000. He seems to know his way around a Canon body with L series glass well enough. - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet

Yet another reason I didn't vote for him. He's not a Nikon man. - William Beem

hah, that's an awesome pic. - Blake Caldwell

It is partisan issue ... - Clarence Chiang

I always thought Democrats shot Canon while Republicans shot Nikon. - Thomas Hawk

We should all be about saving $$$$ in this economy! - Mike Andric

On a separate note, it is sort of cool that the White House has a Flickrstream. - Thomas Hawk

@thomashawk it's really fricking cool that the white house has a flickrstream - patrick

What he needs is for Canon to build him a lefty version. ;-) - Brian Sullivan

I shoot with my left eye like Obama. - Thomas Hawk

I don't squint when I take photos. Both eyes open. - Akiva Moskovitz

I squint and after a day of shooting, the right half of my face is sore from squinting all day. - Rochelle

Thomas: isnt he shooting with his right eye here...? may be u meant "...with left eye closed.." - Roshan Ramachandran

damn, you are right Roshan. I guess I'm not left eyed like Obama. - Thomas Hawk

Dems don't like Nikon. It's to close to Nixon. :D - ChiliMac

Canon > Nikon. - tabbr

I wonder if anyone has the guts to tell him that he needs to use his left hand to support the base of the cam to get less shake :) - Shivanand Velmurugan

*obligatory roll of the eyes to tabbr* - Anthony Citrano

So what do independents shoot? Pentax, Sony? - Jeff P. Henderson

At least he is looking through the correct opening in the camera, something I would not have expected from our previous president... ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson

Ashton Kutcher shoots Nikon. - tabbr

I may be completely off, but judging by the way he is holding that camera, I can't imagine it is his or that he has shot it much. He looks like he's trying to shoot a P&S. - Jeremy Kunz

He is holding it wrong. My guess is he would prefer to use the live view function but doesn't know how to turn it on. At least he isn't holding it back to front. - CJPhoto

tabbr, I don't think any1 cares what Ashton Kutcher shoots (ofcourse he does get paid for it - you have seen the ads right?). Jeremy, CJPhoto, he is the president for God's sake, not a photographer :) - Shivanand Velmurugan

Shivanand, you are right, and I'm not intending to knock him down, I'm just observing that I seldom see someone with a camera that is sporting a pro grade lens do that and I'm trying to guess why. I can hold a camera really well, but my pictures... well, that's another thing. - Jeremy Kunz

he didnt order the crazy photoop - Petr Buben

"I see cheezeburgerz" LOL - http://www.backtype.com/ricmaye... - Ric Mayer

Jeremy, most people who didn't learn to shoot with crappy lenses in dim situations with manual cameras, don't go through the rigour of maximising equipment. I bet, the resident photog of the whitehouse, should take it upon herself to educate Mr. president, so we can all enjoy pictures from the viewpoint of one of the great minds of our lifetime. - Shivanand Velmurugan

i think he's just goofing around here though. it's not his camera according to the caption. - Nathan Rein

If I were a graffiti artist I'd make a stencil out of this photograph and spray paint it everywhere. - Thomas Hawk

Anyone know what lens that is? Just curious. - Patrick Binder

I almost seem to remember a photo of Obama shooting with a photographers camera during the campaign. - Patrick Binder

Patrick: that's almost certainly a wide prime, either 24/1.4L or 35/1.4L. Probably the latter. - Gabe

Looks like the 85mm f 1.2 to me. - Thomas Hawk

that not an 85mm f1.2...unless my last copy was different and i am almost positive its not a 24mm 1.4 either. - Carlos Ayala

Carlos: You're right that it's clearly not an 85/1.2 (the AF switch in the photo is obviously different than either the original or II version), but I'm having a hard time convincing myself it's not the 24/1.4. - Gabe

@Gabe the reason i think its not the 24 is because of the distance of the red line and the top edge of the lens. now granted it could be the angle but it seems that the red line is further away (than the lens pictured) if it were a 24. too bad that there are no metadata/tags on this picture. - Carlos Ayala

Carlos, how would metadata help? - Gabe

cool! - Susan Beebe

Any idea if that 5D is a MkII? - Gabe