The Photography Lenses Blog » Lens Basics http://www.photographylensesblog.com Everything Photography Lenses and More Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Great Photography Lenses eZine Article http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/great-photography-lenses-ezine-article http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/great-photography-lenses-ezine-article#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Derrek http://photographylensesblog.com/?p=216 Every now and then you come across an article that really piques your interest on a certain topic. You know, one that really gets you excited about digging into that topic further. Well, Mark Brozovich has done just that with his eZine article Photography Lenses – What You Need to Know.

Being the novice photographer that I am, I am constantly looking for information to help me get up to speed on the subject. Mark hit the nail on the head in this article giving the reader a great perspective from an avid shutterbug’s point of view. One of the areas in photography that I have much to learn is about photography lenses. Mark talks about when he jumped head first in to photography in the early 1980s, the camera and lenses he started out with, and the type of photos he liked to take (and still likes to take).

One of the best aspects of this article for me was that he actually goes into some detail explaining various types of camera lenses including: Wide Angle, Standard, Zoom, Telephoto, and Specialty lenses. If there’s one thing I knew little about it was the various lenses, what types of photographs they were good for taking, and what actually made them well suited for those shots. Mark does a good job of giving us a quick overview of each. He goes into enough detail to make you hungry to learn more.

If you get a chance, jump on over to Photography Lenses – What You Need to Know to read the entire article. It’s an easy read that gives you some good perspective.

Here at The Photography Lenses Blog we’ll keep bringing you great articles like Mark’s as we come across them. If you’ve got some photography stories or information you’d like to share with us drop us a note or leave us a comment. We’d love to hear from you as we learn and grow.

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]]> http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/great-photography-lenses-ezine-article/feed 0 Depth of Field Basics in Photography Lenses http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/depth-of-field-basics-in-photography-lenses http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/depth-of-field-basics-in-photography-lenses#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:52:43 +0000 Mark http://photographylensesblog.com/?p=99 Have you ever wondered why some photographs are in focus and others are not? You really thought that you focused your picture properly through the camera lens but the result turned out blurry or out of focus. Maybe you were shooting a picture from a distance and tried to capture the subject somewhere in the middle of the photograph at a sporting event. You thought that through the eye of the photography lens that it all looked great but the camera lens did something else. Yes folks, I have been there all too many times and still make mistakes using my photography lenses improperly.

Why does this happen? Especially if I am using an auto-focus photography lens that is supposed to assist me?

Have you heard of depth of field? You camera lens on your digital SLR camera has options for controlling the amount of light entering the lens like the iris in your eye. This is adjusted using the aperture setting on your lens. The more light you let into the camera lens the more shallow your focus area is and the less light the larger your focus area is.

F-stops on the aperture ring on the photography lens can typically run from F:1.4 through F:22. The larger the number the more subject area of focus you can get in your photographic detail like you may want in shooting landscapes. The smaller the number might be used when shooting portraits.

Rob Barron takes you through this very simple, comprehensive explanation of depth of field as it is used with Photography Lenses.

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]]> http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/depth-of-field-basics-in-photography-lenses/feed 0 Photographic Lenses:Photographer’s Guide to Characteristics http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/photographic-lensesphotographers-guide-to-characteristics http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/photographic-lensesphotographers-guide-to-characteristics#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:47:26 +0000 Mark http://photographylensesblog.com/?p=74 Photography Lenses Guide

Ernst Wildi’s book explains appropriate amount information on photographic lenses for the casual hobbyist to the serious camera buff. The book has many great explanations of various lenses and the characteristics of each. Wildi exhibits his mastery of photographic equipment in this book, Photographic Lenses: A photographer’s guide to characteristics, quality, use and design. There really is nothing overlooked in this super book. The author, Wildi communicates lens characteristics, understanding advertising claims, lenses for film and digital photography, lens specifications, focal lengths and zoom lenses. The context is clear enough for beginners in understanding photography lenses and comprehensive enough, for advanced shutterbugs and pros to learn something new. You will be impressed with this new volume from Wildi. He starts out in his first chapter explaining lens characteristics and the claims being made about lenses and how to sift through the information. The reader will be hooked from beginning to end and improve their knowledge of camera lenses. This will be a great addition to everyone’s Photographic Lenses library. You can get your copy of this book by clicking here. Let us know what you think by commenting on your experienced with books on Photographic Lenses.

Ernst Wildi is the author of Achieving the Ultimate Image and Composition Techniques from a Master Photographer. He lives in Wachtung, New Jersey.

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]]> http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/photographic-lensesphotographers-guide-to-characteristics/feed 0 The Basics in Photography Lenses – Part 2 http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/the-basics-in-photography-lenses-part-2 http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/the-basics-in-photography-lenses-part-2#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:00:36 +0000 Mark http://photographylensesblog.com/?p=48 As promised, today we bring you part 2 with some more information in understanding photography lenses. This video from Rob Barron takes you further into discussions around the photography camera lenses. This short video will show you more about other camera lenses such as the macro lens that works well in very close up photography.

If you enjoy this video on lenses for photography then rate it a +5 for Rob.

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]]> http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/the-basics-in-photography-lenses-part-2/feed 0 The Basics in Photography Lenses – Part 1 http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/the-basics-in-photography-lenses-part-1 http://www.photographylensesblog.com/photography-lenses/the-basics-in-photography-lenses-part-1#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:50:02 +0000 Mark http://photographylensesblog.com/?p=32 Today we bring you some basics in understanding photography lenses. With just a few lenses anybody can get started taking beautiful pictures. We start by providing a video from Rob Barron who discusses in part 1 basic information regarding length, aperture, lighting, and how the lens size affects your picture. In part 1 Rob discusses photography camera lenses in very simple terms and shows you these camera lenses and the picture outcomes.

Look for part 2 of Rob’s basics in Photography Lenses in a coming post.

Thanks Rob, enjoy…

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