kajunprinc
i know different lenses create different photos. but which lense is a good all around lense that you can use for many projects? so i dont have to use 5 lenses on a shoot, only one good one. please! doesnt matter which brand or anything. thanks!
im an aspiring photographer, and will be getting a dslr very soon. i dont want to have to go out and buy many lenses at first, i just need one good lense (for now) to get the job done nicely. also i am thinking about buying the nikon d60 or d80.... which would be better? any suggestions?
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Right now the 18-200 mm seems to be one of the favorites (based upon sales in any case).
For my general shooting the 24-70 mm f/2.8 is the best for me. I use it for over 80% of my assignments. The 12-24 mm is perfect for landscapes and architecture. And the 70-200 mm f 2.8 is good for general action, field sports and action like motocross and 4x4 adventures in the mud.
The other lens I use a lot, but is specific to sports photography is the nearly $7,000 400 mm f/2.8.
Eventually as your client list gets larger and your assignments become diverse, you will eventually end up with about ten lenses. If you end up in any kind of advertising work, you may find yourself behind a medium format camera like a Mamiya or Hasselblad ... even a 4x5 view camera ... but time and your clients will influence that more than your personal choice
EDIT:
We have been changing lenses for decades and as long as you don't change the lenses in a dust storm, you don't have to worry much about dust. I have been shooting digital SLR's for just over six years and only twice have I had dust get on my sensor ... Both with swirling dust present, one at an air show an the other at the sand drags.
Besides I think most of the new DSLR's have some sort of dust removal system incorporated within the cameras now ... I know my new ones do.
Right now the 18-200 mm seems to be one of the favorites (based upon sales in any case).
For my general shooting the 24-70 mm f/2.8 is the best for me. I use it for over 80% of my assignments. The 12-24 mm is perfect for landscapes and architecture. And the 70-200 mm f 2.8 is good for general action, field sports and action like motocross and 4x4 adventures in the mud.
The other lens I use a lot, but is specific to sports photography is the nearly $7,000 400 mm f/2.8.
Eventually as your client list gets larger and your assignments become diverse, you will eventually end up with about ten lenses. If you end up in any kind of advertising work, you may find yourself behind a medium format camera like a Mamiya or Hasselblad ... even a 4x5 view camera ... but time and your clients will influence that more than your personal choice
EDIT:
We have been changing lenses for decades and as long as you don't change the lenses in a dust storm, you don't have to worry much about dust. I have been shooting digital SLR's for just over six years and only twice have I had dust get on my sensor ... Both with swirling dust present, one at an air show an the other at the sand drags.
Besides I think most of the new DSLR's have some sort of dust removal system incorporated within the cameras now ... I know my new ones do.
How to choose a DSLR Camera Lenses?
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I have a Nikon D40 DSLR, If I want to make great pictures to small objects what I need to know for choosing the right lenses, because there are several lenses on sale over the internet, some of them are cheap and some very expensive, what is the basic guide? is the optics quality? thanks for your help
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Basic guideline is to stick with the original manufacturers lenses. So in the case of your Nikon, that means Nikon-Nikkor lenses. Nikon once regarded it's primary line of lenses are professional lenses and only gave special designations to their "cheaper" consumer grade lenses. That is no longer a hard and fast rule. Still you will not exceed Nikon optical quality with Tokina, Sigma or any other non-OEM brand of lens.
As for choosing the right lens, that's largely determined by how you'll use the lens and your budget. For small objects shot close up, you are generally talking about macro photography with lenses that allow very short minimum focus distances of only a few inches in most cases. Nikon gives their macro lenses a "micro" designation. At present, Nikon only offers four lenses with such a designation and the cheapest of them at $450 is their 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro Nikkor lens. This actually is a very good macro lens for your D40. The bad news is this lens will not autofocus on a D40 because D40s do not have a built-in autofocus motor like older and higher-end Nikon bodies such as the discontinued D70/70s or current D90. Thats not really a problem since most macro photography involves manual focus anyway.
The only Nikon lens meant for macro photography that will autofocus on a D40 at this time is the Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR lens. This is also a very good lens but, you may find the 105mm focal length to be a bit too tight and depth of field will be practically non-existent. You can often use other lenses for macro photography but some lenses have fairly long minimum focusing distances that can make macro photography difficult at best.
Basic guideline is to stick with the original manufacturers lenses. So in the case of your Nikon, that means Nikon-Nikkor lenses. Nikon once regarded it's primary line of lenses are professional lenses and only gave special designations to their "cheaper" consumer grade lenses. That is no longer a hard and fast rule. Still you will not exceed Nikon optical quality with Tokina, Sigma or any other non-OEM brand of lens.
As for choosing the right lens, that's largely determined by how you'll use the lens and your budget. For small objects shot close up, you are generally talking about macro photography with lenses that allow very short minimum focus distances of only a few inches in most cases. Nikon gives their macro lenses a "micro" designation. At present, Nikon only offers four lenses with such a designation and the cheapest of them at $450 is their 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro Nikkor lens. This actually is a very good macro lens for your D40. The bad news is this lens will not autofocus on a D40 because D40s do not have a built-in autofocus motor like older and higher-end Nikon bodies such as the discontinued D70/70s or current D90. Thats not really a problem since most macro photography involves manual focus anyway.
The only Nikon lens meant for macro photography that will autofocus on a D40 at this time is the Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR lens. This is also a very good lens but, you may find the 105mm focal length to be a bit too tight and depth of field will be practically non-existent. You can often use other lenses for macro photography but some lenses have fairly long minimum focusing distances that can make macro photography difficult at best.
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