Digital Cameras Tips and Guide!

Whoever said lenses are lenses? Well, as hilarious as that might sound Canon lenses are certainly different from one another. Before you pick a Canon lens for your SLR digital camera you must know what different types of Canon lenses are available and what they are actually used for.

? Telephoto lens – Using this lens is like using a telescope. It works by narrowing down what can be seen in a scene or it simply makes the subject look like much closer to you than it really is. A 35mm camera can have a telephoto lens with a focal length of 70mm or more.
? Normal lens – This lenses work by roughly approximating the perspective, although not the area of a scenery/scene viewed by the eyes of a human. Traditionally normal Canon lenses on a 35mm film camera are known to have a focal length of 50mm or more. You see, most photographers think that normal lenses are good for taking pictures in a close but not intimate proximity to a subject i.e. taking a photograph of a person in a room from waist up.
? Wide-angle Lens – Wide-angle Canon lenses are used to take photographs of a large area or scene. A wide-angle lens on a 35mm film camera would have a focal length of about 35mm or even less.

Now comes the questions, how do I know what Canon lenses to use? Before you even think of buy ing a Canon lens or lenses for your camera, you need to answer the following questions first:

1) What do you want to photograph?
Before you purchase Canon lenses, you need to know your photographic goals because knowing this will definitely influence other decisions. Do you want to shoot the following?

- Portraits?
- Wild animals?
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