Lenses

Lens Type Focal Length Best Use

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

1.Silent autoIocus
2.Full-time manual Iocus
3.Non-rotating Iront element
4.Crop reduction
5.Superior optics
6.Image stabilization
7.Internal zoom