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Get to know more about camera lenses.

Writer: Amanda BierbaumAmanda Bierbaum

Photography isn't all about the type of camera, but the type of lens you are using. A different lens can capture something differently than another. Find our more>



Lens

What are the different lenses and what are they used for.

Two important aspects

  1. Focal Length 18-55 mm

  2. Maximum Aperture 1: 1.4

Depth of Field

  • Long lens, the size

Short Depth of Field

  • Shrt lens

Angle of View

Ex. 50mm Full frame is same as 35 mm Crop Lens

There are Full Frame lenses, and crop lenses depending on the type of camera you are using.

16 mm - very wide great for indoor interior photography

No room to back, show as much as possible

Great for landscape

24 mm - Wide

Modern 75 degrees

Mimics the way eye see

Travel photography

Documentary lens

35 mm - Not as wide Moderate Slight Wide

54 degree

What iphones have, every camera has it.

Valuable lenses you can have for STRAIGHT documentary work

Great for Photojournalists

50 mm - not as wide as 35mm

40 degree

Good for documentaries

Good for street photography

Portrait photography

Short Telephoto

100mm - Narrower angle of view 24 degrees

Portrait photography

Render characteristics and features very normally

Great distance

Out of focus background - depth of field - bokeh

Medium Telephoto

200 mm - Angle of view 10 degree

Good if you need to be further away

Fill the frame from afar

Large Telephoto

400 mm - Angle of View 5 Degree

Very far

Wildlife

PRIMES vs ZOOMS

Sharper Versatile

Faster

Smaller

Lets in more light!

Macro - Sharper, and closer images

 
 
 

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