How to choose a dSLR lens
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If you're a DSLR owner the lens the came with your camera is great for getting started.
But eventually you will grow out of it.
So, if you're ready to purchase a new lens, I have a few recommendations on exactly how to go about it.
Hands down, my favorite lens is the 50 millimeter 1.86 lens.
It's great for portraits, food photos, and still-lifes.
It is a prime lens, or six lends, so it doesn't zoom, which means you'll have to get really close to your subject in order to frame up, but the trade-off is huge.
It's a SAS lens with a wide aperture, which means.
Super sharp photos, even in low light.
The best part, is that it's only $100, and that's about as cheap as it gets.
When you're shopping for a portrait lens, what you want is a lens that won't distort your subject.
You want the person to look like they do to the human eye.
You also want that really cool blurry background effect.
On a full size sensor camera like the Canon 5D, get a lens with a focal length from 80 millimeters to 100 millimeters.
On a cross centre camera like this one that translates to about 50 millimeters.
If you want to go any shorter than 50 millimeters, your subject will start to look a little too stretched out, so stick with this range.
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For food photography, you don't necessarily need a zoom lens.
Instead, go with a prime lens like the 35 millimeter 1.4.
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At this focal length, the shots will be just wide enough to get a crisp photo of an entire plate of food without distorting it.
Since it's fixed, you will have to move around to get closer or wider, but really that's a part of the intimacy of food photography.
When you're traveling, there's a good chance you'll want a lens that will take great landscape photos.
Letting you capture wide sweeping shots of whatever exotic place you're in.
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If you have to choose one lens to take with you on a trip, the 18 to 35 millimeter 1.8 is the way to go.
At its widest you'll get great sweeping views of landscape, and it's still great for close-ups of food and portraits of people.
All around this is a great go to lens.
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