How to Choose The Right Lens

How to Choose the right lens

Lots of photographers, especially those who are beginners ask about how to choose the right lens in accordance with the usability / desires and specifications as to what they need. While many photographers believe X lens to capture portrait pictures , many photographers who use the Y lens to do the same. This not only applies to the case of photographic portraits, but also others such as landscape photography , street photography etc.Indeed, the selection depends on personal preference lens, and the lens will be very well perpetuate certain specific things compared to other lenses. Memahai about the specifications and how the lens will be very helpful in choosing a lens that suits our needs. Some suggestions that may be followed are:

1. Do research or research by reading many articles both the magazine and online articles like this

2. Determine the budget / funding you.

3. Make a list of what lenses you already have

4. Find out what specs you want

5. Find out how far / distance between the subject will you capture with the camera

6. Look for the most important specifications that must be present on your lens

Now if some of the above suggestions are still not able to answer your questions, and you need some extra advice, you can ask other photographers who use the lens you want, ask also matters related to sales and warranty package. If possible you can borrow lenses they use, this is where the need for our involvement in several photography communities both in local and national scale.

1. The basic variables held lens

There are two variables that must be owned by the lens to produce a quality image, the first one is the focus of which can be obtained by moving the lens elements back and forth. and the secondaperture is the aperture that controls how much light coming into the camera sensor

2. Focal Length and Crop Factor

If your camera is a type of Non-Full Frame, call it APSC or APSH then we also have to consider the crop factor / factor times which resulted in focal length when attached to the camera we are, more clearly about the crop factor and focal length can be read here.

3. Lens Standard, Portrait, Macro and Wide Angle

Standard lens has a focal length of 50-80mm, if your camera is a non-full frame then you need to multiply the focal length of the lens with a crop factor of your camera respectively. For Portrait lens is in the range of 80-130 mm focal length, and for a wide angle lens has a focal length between 20-35 mm. While the macro lens is a lens with a magnification specification specifically so as to perpetuate the subject with a very small size. More about macro lenses can be read

4. Zoom Lens and Lens Prime

The lenses are sold in the market today have two types namely the zoom lens or a lens with a focal length can be changed / set and prime lens / lens with a fixed focal length fixed. Both types of these lenses have their respective advantages which you can read

5. Features Features Lens

There are several features offered by the lens, namely output canon lens that offers features Image Stabilization (IS), USM (Ultra Sonic Motor) and STM, which has the advantages of each. Well if you have a budget that is more then a few features that you want can you consider to get a sharper image. More about the features of your lens can be read

6. Quality of Lenses

Besides having special features lenses also have different qualities, both in the quality of the lens as well as a solid body on the outside. Call it canon lens that has a product line L Series lenses are much favored by professionals who offer a lens with flourite element, UD (Ultra Low Dispersion) and Super UD (Super Ultra Low Dispersion) which all have their respective advantages that you can learn

7. A lens with a wide aperture opening

ISO setting and shutter speed can be set through the specification of your camera, but for setting the aperture or aperture obtained from the lens specifications. Lens with a wide aperture opening has advantages over the narrow aperture opening advantage when used in low light conditions, good afternoon / night, indoor and special occasions. Lens with a wide aperture will produce a bokeh, which is not found in the lens with a narrow aperture, where the quality of the bokeh is also strongly influenced by the quality of the lens. More about bokeh can be read .