Wide Angle 28mm or lower Landscapes and Interiors Standard Anything Irom 35mm to 85mm Portraits Telephoto Anything Irom 100mm to 300mm Portraits and Sports Super-Telephoto 300mm or higher WildliIe and Sports
Landscapes Wide Angle 10 to 28mm Architecture Wide Angle 18 to 28mm Flowers Standard 75 to 100mm Portraits Standard 50 to 100mm Sports Telephoto 200 to 300mm Birds Super-Telephoto 400 to 600mm
oom Class Range Wide Angle to Wide Angle 10mm to 28mm Wide Angle to Telephoto 28mm to 300mm Telephoto to Telephoto 100mm to 600mm Super Zoom 18mm to 300mm
Benefits of lenses with wide maximum apertures 1 - Natural Light Photos There II you had a lens with a maximum aperture oI I/2.8 (which lets in double the amount oI light oI I/4) then you can use a shutter speed oI 1/90, which means that you can get clear photos without the Ilash.
2 - Fast Shutter Speeds II you had a lens with a wider maximum aperture you could get the shot. With a wider aperture (say I/2.8) your shutter speed could be 1/500 oI a second. Since the wide aperture lets in so much light, the shutter doesn't have to stay open as long.
3 - Reduced Depth of Field Lenses with wide maximum apertures have shallow depth oI Iield.
Lighting Max Aperture Rationale Indoors I/1.4 - I/2.8 II you want to take photos indoors without a Ilash, you need to get a lens with a very wide maximum aperture to let in plenty oI light Overcast I/2.8 - I/3.5 Overcast days are especially challenging Ior sports photographers, who need to use Iast shutter speeds to Ireeze motion Shade I/3.5 - I/5.6 Shade is not as dim as a cloudy day and you have a bit more leeway when it comes to the maximum aperture aylight Any In broad daylight it really doesn't matter what the max aperture oI the lens is - you probably won't be using it because it lets in too much light and over-exposes the image