Buying Guide: Choosing a Lens |
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| Published by: Adorama 03-15-2007 Read Complete Article |
Article Summary
"Choosing a lens can be a difficult task, not because there are so few choices, but because there are often so many. If you're looking for a wide to normal ("standard" or "midrange") zoom, such as a 28-90mm, 24-105mm, 24-85mm, 28-70mm etc., you'll probably find yourself with 5 or 10 to pick from with prices ranging from under $100 to well over $1,000. Which one should you pick, and what's the difference between them?
Well, lenses can grouped into three broad (and somewhat overlapping) categories. Though I'm tempted to call them "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," it's probably more accurate to describe them as "The OK", "The Better" and "The Best". Since I shoot Canon and I'm most familiar with lenses for the Canon EOS system, most of the examples I'll give will be Canon lenses, though the same factors governing lens quality apply to lenses from other manufacturers such as Nikon, Pentax and Sony (Minolta). "....Read Complete Article
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