Camera Digital SLR

You have a new SLR camera and now you are trying to determine what lens you need. It’s a tad bit confusing isn’t it? So if your interested in getting lens for your digital camera then you need to continue to read on and see what each lens will do. After your complete reading this guide you will have the right amount of knowledge to find out which lens you need for what photo.

20mm Lens - 20mm, this has been around for a while and this can be used for everything, close up shots to large items. With a 20mm lens, you will get a picture of what’s right in front of you. When taking landscape and architecture pictures this lens is often used.

28mm Lens - The standard 28mm lens is used for medium sized groups and large group photos.

28mm Shift Lens - This is a medium wide angle lens that works great for close up to larger items. This is an advanced option. This lens shifts to make the lens and the camera not exactly in a straight line. This will distort or undistort the perspective depending on the shot. The shift option is used only for architectural or technical shots, where there are straight lines are key, but where it is impossible to line the camera straight

35mm Lens - This is considered a long wide angle lens. It’s a good choice for group photos and larger group photos.

With a wide angle lens things that are close will appear like they are slightly further away. The more distance between the camera and subject the more it will feel like the subject is farther away, the affect multiplies. It also goes without saying that you should never use a wide lens on close ups as this will make your subject look unnatural.

The wides of lens, that you can purchase is the fisheye lens and it gives you a 180 degree of viewing. This lens gives such a wide view, that it isn’t uncommon to see the side of the lens in shots. The fisheye makes a round photo on a black background.

50mm - This is considered the normal lens that is used most often. It will provide you a normal or a real world perspective. Subjects will not be closer nor will they be further away - they will look just as they do in “real life.”

85mm - This is a short and small telephoto lens. This is great for underbody portraits and taking photos of objects that are in the distances.

100mm Macro - This is also a short telephoto, and it is very similar to the 85mm, with the exception that it has the macro capability. This means that we’ll be able to do close-ups of insects, butterflies, flowers, and all kinds of cool stuff. You have likely seen those photos where you can see every tiny detail on the wings of a bee. That’s done using a macro lens.

135mm - This is a slightly longer telephoto lens. This is the same as the 85mm but has allot more distance on it.

300mm - This is a really long telephoto. This is like having binoculars with a camera built in. This is a great choice for wildlife, sporting events, air shows and other events where you might be some distance away from the subject. Of course, this is also an expensive lens.

When it comes to taking photographs with your SLR camera there are no cut and dry answers. It depends on what you are taking photos of, your techniques, your creativity, and what you like. Start with the basics and explore from there.

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