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Buying A Lens For Your Digital SLR
You've bought yourself a digital SLR. Great! However, I can guarantee that you will soon be hankering for a few extra lenses for put on the front of your new camera. After all, being able to change lenses is one of the advantages of owning a DSLR.
With this in mind, how do you go about choosing the right lens? It really depends on what kind of photography you're trying to do. How much money do you have? What kind of situations will you be photographing in? These are all things you need to be considering.
Let's say you're just an average user. Your camera probably came with a decent, versatile zoom lens. You probably want your next lens purchase to fill in a gap left by this zoom lens. Like to take wildlife or sports pictures? Then you'll need a fast telephoto lens. Like to do landscapes? Then a wide angle zoom (or fixed) lens might be in your future.
Another issue you will come across is the debate about prime (fixed focal length) vs. zoom lenses. Fixed focal lengths lenses are considerable cheaper, sharper, and faster than zoom lenses. However, zooms are extremely convenient because they cover a broad range of focal lengths. It's all about finding the one the works for you.
You might want to look into getting some fast lenses if you're into low light photography. Fast lenses use large amount of glass to let in a lot of light, but at a significant cost premium. Still, these are pretty essential for a lot of applications.
If you're on a budget but want the kind of image quality a mid grade consumer zoom can't give you, check into using old manual focus prime lenses. Many modern DSLRs can take excellent manual focus lenses from as long as 45 years ago. You'd be amazed at the quality of some of these lenses.
Now that you know what kind of options you have for getting a new lens for your SLR, be sure to shop around and do some research to find the one that works best for you. Thanks for reading.
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