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Camera Lenses Reviews and Articles


With a variety of camera lenses on the market, how do you choose the one that's best for your outdoor camera? Check out our digital camera lens reviews. From wide-angle lenses and telephoto zooms, trust advice from the experts.


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Zooms: Pros & Cons Of All-In-One

Having a single lens to cover everything from ultrawide to strong telephoto is incredibly appealing, but how well do these extreme zooms perform in a variety of situations? We’ll show you where the trade-offs are.

All-in-one zoom lenses—those that go from wide-angle to telephoto—offer some solid benefits for a nature photographer who's on a road trip.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Camera, Lenses, Landscapes!

Get the right gear to cover all of your landscape shooting opportunities

Today's digital landscape photographers can choose from a great variety of DSLRs.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Wide-Angle Zooms

The ins and outs of a landscape photographer’s most used lens

Wide-angle lenses are essential landscape photography tools for their ability to take in epic vistas and allow you to move in close to emphasize a foreground object while still showing enough of its surroundings to give a feel for the location.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Ultra-Wide-Angle Zooms

Create dramatic and dynamic landscape images when you explore the ultrawide end of the spectrum

As their name suggests, ultra-wide-angle lenses take in very wide angles of view.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Macro Lens Guide

A proper macro lens is designed to eliminate aberrations, focus colors and attain maximum sharpness on close-up subjects

Macro is the photo op that’s always available: You can find good close-up subjects just about anywhere.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Promise Of Stabilization

Between image-stabilized lenses, in-camera stabilization and high-ISO technology, the game has changed for photographers seeking the freedom to shoot handheld

Image-stabilized lenses and cameras let you capture sharp, handheld photos at lower shutter speeds than ever before, while supersensitive sensors let some DSLRs shoot in the dark.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Find Your Wildlife Action Lens

How to pick the right lens to match your photo needs and your budget

Wildlife action covers quite a range, from huge bears snagging salmon while standing in a river to quick and tiny birds zipping by.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Landscape Lens Tech

What makes a good landscape lens?

Finding your perfect landscape lens is a matter of defining the priorities.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Essential Lenses Of The Pros

What the top professionals have to say about the optics they need the most

Everyone has one. It’s the lens you never leave at home.

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