learning your prime lens what they do and how to use them
May 29, 2018 09:41:23 #
Last year I was new to DSLR and my camera. The first new lens I bought (a 50mm f1.8) I spent two months using just that lens, doing walk-around shots in parks, at home, whereever. By the end of the two months I was comfortable, not only with the lens, but also more comfortable with camera settings. Like anything, the more you practice the better you'll be. No baby learned to walk by just watching.
May 29, 2018 10:25:39 #
Composition and light manipulation has far more to do with getting good shots than lens selection although it's part of the equation. No shortcuts. Practice. I used to get some very good images from cheap kit lenses on entry level cameras.
May 29, 2018 10:43:24 #
When you are learning lenses, I would not suggest the "tripod in the shade" comparison, unless that is how you will usually use them. If you usually use a camera to chase around kids, then learning it on a tripod will not give you a good idea how it works best.
There are plenty of good guides on the web to "learning photography". (I hate to plug any one of them, but a google search will turn up hundreds.) Read the ones that are free, and then see what works for you.
There are plenty of good guides on the web to "learning photography". (I hate to plug any one of them, but a google search will turn up hundreds.) Read the ones that are free, and then see what works for you.
May 29, 2018 11:03:06 #
Well, if you folks suffer of gas so much that you are purchasing lenses and do not know what they do before triggering the 'I want it' button, good luck.
Making a common sense comment once again equals being a troll.
Purchasing anything willy-nilly is just plain ridiculous and shows how far off the deep end some here are. This is not about photography but about 'I have this, do you?' then... 'By the way, how do you use this stuff?'.
Making a common sense comment once again equals being a troll.
Purchasing anything willy-nilly is just plain ridiculous and shows how far off the deep end some here are. This is not about photography but about 'I have this, do you?' then... 'By the way, how do you use this stuff?'.
May 29, 2018 12:14:03 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
rmacilroy wrote:
doesnt tell me what i need to really know..
Lesson #1 - Lens don't have appenditures. They have apertures.
May 29, 2018 12:49:05 #
rmacilroy wrote:
have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and ... (show quote)
Gotta be very careful about those wide open "appendatures," Rob. You could fall in. (;-}
May 29, 2018 13:00:04 #
mwsilvers wrote:
The best way to learn is to play with your lenses at various settings. Shoot away and review the results. That will be more useful than any suggestions we can make.
Exactly! Practice and experiment. Get a feel for what can and cannot be achieved with each lens. This is the best way to ensure that lens selection will become instinctive, rather than depending on remembered information from a book or instruction video.
May 29, 2018 13:38:14 #
The Nikon tool given is very good, but it is only half the story. We always see pictures taken from the same place with various focal lengths. As an exercise, try this. Take a subject (person, object etc) and have it fill up a certain part of the picture and have an interesting background and or foreground. Now using the various focal lengths move closer or farther away from the subject to fill up the same part of the picture with the subject. (You will be closer with the shorter focal lengths and farther away with the longer focal lengths.) This exercise will show the "perspective" of the focal lengths. This perspective will alter the relationship of subject to the foreground and background.
May 29, 2018 14:10:00 #
Joe Blow wrote:
Understanding the numbers is what makes a photographer. If you don't want to learn then you don't want to be a good photographer.
I like the numbers in photography but I do know they are not important to be a good photographer.
May 29, 2018 14:11:46 #
leftj wrote:
Lesson #1 - Lens don't have appenditures. They have apertures.
Not appenditures but big expenditure.
May 29, 2018 14:34:31 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
Ken Rockwell the camera guy (Nikon guy now he does all the major cameras lens) has compiled a library of lens he has used and really good reviews. Some people think he is controversial I think he is honest and very knowledgable. He has been
around for a long time. Try kenrockwell.com see what you think.
around for a long time. Try kenrockwell.com see what you think.
May 29, 2018 15:04:44 #
Tom Daniels wrote:
Ken Rockwell the camera guy (Nikon guy now he does all the major cameras lens) has compiled a library of lens he has used and really good reviews. Some people think he is controversial I think he is honest and very knowledgable. He has been
around for a long time. Try kenrockwell.com see what you think.
around for a long time. Try kenrockwell.com see what you think.
I like Ken Rockwell review because he posted where the lens or camera was made. None of any other websites do so.
May 29, 2018 15:35:05 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
Learning is doing. Start with a 50mm, or equivalent, depending on your camera. It's considered to have a "normal" view, which is what your eyes see. Use it in sun, shade, inside, close up and far away. Did you have fun using it? Was it testy? How do you feel about the results? What did it do best with, worst? Now take another lens and do the same thing. Keep notes. Have fun with this!
May 31, 2018 16:13:17 #
rmacilroy
Loc: pompano beach, fl
boberic wrote:
The only way to learn what a particular lens can or can not do, is to shoot with it.
yes that is the key. shoot shoot shoot. like i did with different rifle calibers.
Jun 1, 2018 16:42:07 #
rmacilroy
Loc: pompano beach, fl
mwsilvers wrote:
Have you tried experimenting with different lenses in different situations like the rest of us have? How do you think we learned? We searched the internet and read all we could, we viewed YouTube videos, and we experimented.
I have been trying to do just that. it all boils down to learning the light and how to use the tools and shoot shoot shoot. no excuse not to in the digital age. thanks im getting better day by day.
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