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Photography Lenses

All about dslr lenses

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Photography

Focal Lengths
Using the right lens is arguably the most critical part of your
photographic setup.
It's the optical quality of the lens, not the camera's resolution,
that determines how sharp your images are.
It's the lens that governs how much of the scene you're shooting
is in focus, because it's primarily the lens aperture that dictates
the depth of field.
Crucially, it is also the lens's focal length that determines whether
you capture a wide vista or a close-up of a distant subject.
• Knowing how to match the focal
length of the lens to the angle of
view (how much a lens can
capture) you want is a mastery
that will ensure you always feel
well-equipped.
Understanding what focal length is

• When you use a camera lens with a short


focal length, such as 18mm, your resulting
photo has a wider angle of view. Lenses
with longer focal lengths, such as 200mm,
give you narrower angles of view.
• The focal length of a lens is the optical
distance (usually measured in mm) from
the point where the light meets inside the
lens to the camera’s sensor.
The focal length of a lens is the distance (D) between the
plane of the sensor (C) and the optical centre or nodal point
(B) of the lens. This determines the lens's angle of view (A).
Focal length is crucial because it determines the lens's field of
view. The longer the focal length, the narrower the area of the
scene captured by the lens.
Lenses can be divided into
two types: prime and
zoom lenses.
• Prime lenses have a fixed focal length
lens. That means you’re locked into
shooting at a single focal length — no
zooming and no magnification.
• A fixed focal length means that the
perspective of the image can be
Prime Lens changed only by physically moving the
camera closer towards the subject or
further away.
• prime lenses also have great benefits,
such as being smaller and lighter or
offering better optical quality and larger
apertures.
• This versatility means zoom lenses
are more convenient because you
can carry just one lens to be
prepared for a range of shooting
situations.
Zoom Lenses
Wide-angle, standard and
telephoto lenses explained
Lenses can be divided into three broad categories according to focal length:
wide-angle
standard
telephoto.
• loosely defined as lenses with a wider field
of view than the human eye – are lenses
with a focal length up to around 35mm.
• These are useful for large group portraits,
architectural photography and capturing
expansive vistas in landscape photography.
Wide Angle They are also popular with vloggers who
lenses want to include plenty of their environment
in the frame.
• Lenses with focal lengths below about
24mm (full frame equivalent) are sometimes
referred to as "ultra-wide".
• Those with a focal length of around 50mm,
or more broadly from about 35mm to
85mm.
• These, as we have noted, are generally said
Standard to have a "natural perspective" comparable
to that of the human eye, making them a
lenses popular choice for travel and portrait
photography as well as all-purpose lenses
whenever a distortion-free perspective is
desired.
• those with a focal length of around 85mm or
more – produce a more tightly framed view
than the human eye, making them ideal for
photographing distant subjects without moving
closer to them.
• This includes photographing people at social
Telephoto events and capturing outdoor portraits.
lenses • Lenses above 300mm are often called "super-
telephoto
• The longer the lens, the more tightly the subject
can be framed, or the more distant the subject
can be.
Your lenses and
focal lengths
cheat sheet
• To help guide your
focal length discovery,
here’s a list of common
lenses, their
corresponding focal
lengths, and what sort
of photography they
might be best suited
for:
Fisheye Lens: At 7-16mm, these lenses go very wide and
produce circular or ovular images that bend and distort at the
edges. Great for capturing wide cityscapes or bending a
horizon line.
Wide-Angle Lens: Ranging from 10mm to 42mm, these lenses
are perfect for capturing a broad landscape or large group
photo.

Standard Lens: With fixed focal lengths of 50mm, 85mm, and


100mm, these are go-to lenses for portraits, live event
photography, and still lifes.

Telephoto Lens: Going all the way from 100mm up to 800mm,


these lenses can capture subjects hundreds of feet away, but
due to that range, they have a narrow field of view and shoot
in a shallow depth of field.
• Some lenses are compatible with lens
extenders. Also known as teleconverters,
these increase the focal length of a
lens extenders compatible lens by a factor of 1.4x and 2x
and respectively, allowing much tighter subject
framing. The trade-off is a reduction in
teleconverters maximum aperture (1-stop and 2-stop
respectively), but the lens still retains its
autofocusing capability.
Extenders are much smaller, lighter and
more affordable than telephoto lenses, so
they can be a great option for increasing
your reach without having to carry an
additional lens.

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