Nikon Corporation Imaging Company: Choosing The Right Lenses 01

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A popular standard zoom lens (e.g. 28-80mm, 28-100mm, 35-70mm, etc.) will be able to handle various photographic situations, but to add power and scope to your photographic equipment, consider getting more than one lens. A variety of types should give you more picture-taking opportunities and expand your creative territory.
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The use of various picture angles can make a perceivable difference in your photography. They offer diverse views that force you to look at the world in a new light. Through a 45mm and/or 50mm lens, subjects viewed with the camera appear about the same size as when viewed with the human eye, which is one of the reasons why 50mm lenses are called "normal." From the same distance, a wideangle lens covers a subject area larger than that of a normal lens. This characteristic has made the wideangle lens a favorite of landscape artists, as well as of photographers working in tight spots or those who prefer to take truly panoramic vistas. The telephoto lens, on the other hand, dynamically pulls the distant scene in, making the image size recorded on the film appear larger. Note that the picture angle corresponds to the focal length of a lens. Thus, the shorter the focal length, the wider the picture angle; the longer the focal length, the narrower the picture angle.

Color of images appearing in this website may differ from the originals. Specifications are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. December 2003
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