A camera lens influences how subjects appear in your photographs. A lens can make objects appear closer or farther away, closer together or further apart, and it determines how much distance you can keep in focus at once (depth of field). Whether you have a Canon DSLR camera body or a Canon mirrorless camera, Canon lenses will help you preserve the quality that your camera can achieve.
Your choice of lens will depend on what kinds of photographs you want to take. For portraits, 50mm lenses to 80mm lenses are popular because they work a lot like the human eye, giving you photos that have a ratio and depth like you’d see in person. For wildlife photography, a telephoto lens allows you to feel close and observe details even when your subject is far away. For landscape or architecture shots, you may want wide-angle lenses, which capture a wide sweep of scenery and have broad depth of field. If you’re doing extremely up-close photography, you need a macro lense.
Canon offers both prime lenses and zoom lenses. A zoom lens has a range of millimeter lengths, like 35mm-50mm. You can zoom closer or farther with one lens. And prime lenses have just one millimeter setting, making them lighter. There are Canon zoom telephoto lenses and prime telephoto lenses, Canon zoom wide-angle lenses and prime wide-angle lenses, and Cannon standard zoom lenses and standard prime lenses.
If you are new to photography, learn the pros and cons of each lens length and type when you choose which lenses to buy and which to use on each occasion. Your lens choice will impact how much light can reach the camera sensor, which affects settings like shutter speed and ISO. Additionally, zoom lenses may block more light than prime lenses do. You can learn basic camera settings with a Photography 101 overview. You may also learn important points from these 10 tips for taking great photos, like the rule of thirds and the useful effects of lens filters.
Some accessories may play an essential role in using your lens. Long lenses are heavy and make it hard to hold a camera steady while taking a photo. A tripod can mean the difference between an outstanding shot and a blurry mess. With a long, heavy lens, you may choose a tripod-mountable lens; this means the tripod will attach directly to the lens rather than to the camera body for better weight balance.
Always protect your Canon lenses by storing each in a compatible lens case and cleaning off contaminants using a lens cloth according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Having a camera bag or camera backpack with room for your lenses will help to protect your equipment while you are carrying it or taking photographs in the field.
