“You have to know what you’re trying to shoot and which lens is going to facilitate that,” author, designer and photographer Khara Plicanic explains. “You’re trying to predict where your subject is going or what’s happening next. And you want to be a few steps ahead in your mind...
What Is The Best Travel Hiking and Camera Backpack? I've looked for such a pack ever since our waterfall chasing went global, and here's what I've found.
I've read Orion UK has some really great optics, really great mirrors (1/10 pv), etc. However - I've read horror stories about their customer service, quality assurance, and privately one remote hosted facility who bought two AG12s told me he is NEVER going to get a third...
That’s not to say that this is the only lens you can use or that you can’t take great photos of pets with a different lens. But with that said, this is the only lens that I personally use for 99.99% my paid pet photography assignments. To be clear, I’m not exaggerating. I k...
X-T2 + XF35mm f/2 R WR @ 35mm, ISO 2500, 1/125, f/5.0 What Makes a Good Street Photograph? Right now, social media is flooded with mediocre and subpar street photography. Just pointing your lens in the direction of a person on the street does not qualify as street photography. ...
A Canon zoom lens with a 16-35mm focal length. A lens has many different pieces of glass elements that interact to direct light into a camera. And there is a point where light crosses (converges) on its way to the sensor. This is the point of sharpest focus. Look at the diagram bel...
So my suggestion is to “save up” for an Excellent condition 70-200mm VR-II or E lens, or better yet, consider a new or lightly used 70-180mm f/2.8. Yeah, I'll probably plan a little bit more this purchase and save up more. ...
Where the camera, as produced, was intended for use with an Elmar 50 mm f/3.5 lens, the lens on this camera is a post-war Russian Jupiter 50 mm f/2 lens (a lens not comparable with the Elmar) and not used for regular photography. The Leica If is thinner than today’s cameras. ...
about 120mm FF and it perfectly fills the frame. And then if you photograph the same object with an 120mm lens on a FF camera and can or may fill the frame perfectly with the same object (assuming both systems can focus close enough), the magnificaiton in that case is the same. Yes...
IS f 2.8 good for portraits? For many portrait photographers, the70-200mm f/2.8lens is considered the key to great results. This lens seems like it covers all the bases that any portrait photographer would want: wide aperture, a range of good focal lengths, and excellent build quality. ...