dslr camera lenses explained image
Laly
I like taking pictures, especially of my kids. I want to buy a good camera for those priceless moments. I don't know a thing about cameras or photography but I love looking at those professional photos and I would love to get those results on my photos. Someone suggested the Nikon d5100 but I have been reading and the dslr cameras don't have a lot of zoom. I would have to buy an extra lens to get a good zoom and even with an extra lens, I wouldn't get a great zoom like some other cameras like the canon SX40 Hs (35x). I know that they are completely different type of cameras. (Honestly don't know why). But I would like to know what kind of camera would be good for me, even if I need an extra lens, for me to get amazing photos and a good zoom for taking far away pictures (soccer games, etc). Please explain in plain english because again I know nothing about cameras. :-/
Answer
"I don't know a thing about cameras or photography but I love looking at those professional photos and I would love to get those results on my photos."
It's not the camera, it;s the person behind it that is important. The camera is just a box and some glass that aptures light. the PHOTOGRAPHER is the one that decides what light get's captured and how the box captures it.
The camea doesn;t know anything about composition (ok so a couple of them are able to guess at the rule of thirds), the cmaera won;t know if the person's pose is bad, the camera won;t know that moving 3 feet to the left will give you better light ... you, as the photographer, have to see this before you press the shutter. YOU make the decision of what to include in the scene, when to take the shot.
No camera, will give you good results if you don't learn about photography ... none at all. all you'll ever get are porrly composed snapshots that are porrly exposed because you are letting the camera do the thinking.
Just to give you an idea ... this is the tpe of picture i was takicng when I got my first DSLR.
http://flic.kr/p/9mhSeA
This is what I shoot now:
http://flic.kr/p/appbzY
http://flic.kr/p/dmngSV
http://flic.kr/p/dmngWo
What has changed over the last 6 years? My understanding of photography.
So that being said, pick up your D5100 ... see if you can get a two lens kit (18-55 and 55-200) and that should have you well set in terms of lenses. Then spend a bit on a basic DSLR course and learn about photography ... just don;t expect to be creating stunning images right off the bat.
"I don't know a thing about cameras or photography but I love looking at those professional photos and I would love to get those results on my photos."
It's not the camera, it;s the person behind it that is important. The camera is just a box and some glass that aptures light. the PHOTOGRAPHER is the one that decides what light get's captured and how the box captures it.
The camea doesn;t know anything about composition (ok so a couple of them are able to guess at the rule of thirds), the cmaera won;t know if the person's pose is bad, the camera won;t know that moving 3 feet to the left will give you better light ... you, as the photographer, have to see this before you press the shutter. YOU make the decision of what to include in the scene, when to take the shot.
No camera, will give you good results if you don't learn about photography ... none at all. all you'll ever get are porrly composed snapshots that are porrly exposed because you are letting the camera do the thinking.
Just to give you an idea ... this is the tpe of picture i was takicng when I got my first DSLR.
http://flic.kr/p/9mhSeA
This is what I shoot now:
http://flic.kr/p/appbzY
http://flic.kr/p/dmngSV
http://flic.kr/p/dmngWo
What has changed over the last 6 years? My understanding of photography.
So that being said, pick up your D5100 ... see if you can get a two lens kit (18-55 and 55-200) and that should have you well set in terms of lenses. Then spend a bit on a basic DSLR course and learn about photography ... just don;t expect to be creating stunning images right off the bat.
Lenses and depths of field on DSLR cameras?
Sabasaurus
I'm looking at a DSLR and I'm noticing the camera lenses. Can someone explain to me the differences in them? Does one particular lens only work for certain aperatures? Will a f/5.6 lens give me ONLY a shallow depth of field? Or will it give me any type of depth of field?
Hopefully I explained that right.
Thanks for any help.
Answer
Main lens information is focal legth and apperture.
If you see a lens with 70-200mm f2.8-5.6 it means that the lens focal legth only goes from 70 to 200.
Now the F numbers at the front represent the minimum amount of aperture you can get at that focal length. For instance at 70mm you can get anything from 2.8 nothing below. This means that you can get 2.8 3.5 4 5.6 onward. Not at 200mm you cannot get any f-number below 5.6.
Some lenses have fixed aperture. For instance : 70-200mm f2.8. This lens can keep the 2.8 all the way from 70-200mm
Then there are the fixed (or prime) lenses. These have both fixed. For instance, the classical 50mm f1.8. These lenses cannot zoom but provide the best looking pictures in therms of quality and, since they don't zoom, they can have really low numbers aperture with amazing depth of field.
As for the depth of field question, a lens that is f2.8 will give you any field from f2.8 onward.
Main lens information is focal legth and apperture.
If you see a lens with 70-200mm f2.8-5.6 it means that the lens focal legth only goes from 70 to 200.
Now the F numbers at the front represent the minimum amount of aperture you can get at that focal length. For instance at 70mm you can get anything from 2.8 nothing below. This means that you can get 2.8 3.5 4 5.6 onward. Not at 200mm you cannot get any f-number below 5.6.
Some lenses have fixed aperture. For instance : 70-200mm f2.8. This lens can keep the 2.8 all the way from 70-200mm
Then there are the fixed (or prime) lenses. These have both fixed. For instance, the classical 50mm f1.8. These lenses cannot zoom but provide the best looking pictures in therms of quality and, since they don't zoom, they can have really low numbers aperture with amazing depth of field.
As for the depth of field question, a lens that is f2.8 will give you any field from f2.8 onward.
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