Anyone who has recently graduated to a camera where they can interchange the camera lenses may be feeling a little overwhelmed. The change from a point and shoot camera to a more professional grade model is so much more than just the price tag. Knowing which lens to use for which shooting condition is one of the things that helps set an experienced photographer and their images apart.
A camera that allows you to interchange lenses is known as a single lens reflex or SLR camera. The light that creates the image forms on either a film plane for a conventional film camera, or a digital sensor for digital SLR cameras. This is how a camera captures an image.
If you have a camera with interchangeable lenses, you should look at getting a good all purpose lens that you will use much of the time. One of the most common lenses is a 35-70 mm lens. The numbers refer to the focal length of the lens itself. The 35-70 mm focal length is one of the best all purpose lenses for regular use. If you are shooting regular posed shots such as tourist photographs or family photos, this lens will give you the pictures you want.
Why this lens? Because it allows you to get pictures which include a substantial amount of background and surrounding scenery. The image is reproduced faithfully with very little distortion. This is important if you are taking pictures of friends and family or are just shooting general scenery. The range of light that you can shoot in is also much more extensive than it may be with other focal lengths.
If you are shooting sports or taking pictures of birds or wildlife, you will need a different type of lens. Often, people who are shooting these things use a lens that has a longer focal length. Often, photographers will choose a focal length of between 150 and 300mm or more. This allows them to get close up images of the items they are trying to shoot.
The fact that you can take a picture very quickly with the above length of focus is important when shooting sports or wildlife. There is often a lot of action in these pictures so being able to snap pictures fast is important. However you may find that shooting with this focal length may mean that you do not get a wide view of the terrain around you.
If you want to shoot very wide images you will need what is known as a wide angled lens. If it has a very short focal length, you will get a wider picture but it may be distorted. This means that the image you shoot may look odd or twisted in some way when you look at it.
Learning to use different camera lenses effectively takes years to accomplish. There are many extremely talented photographers who are still learning to adapt to the shooting conditions which different lenses can give them.
For the beginning photographer with a point and shoot camera, the selection of camera lenses is usually not an problem. This is because the average digital or film camera does not allow the photographer to change the camera lense.
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