ScratchMyTail.com » Photo http://www.scratchmytail.com My little tech blog Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:21:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Choosing the right lens isn’t easy http://www.scratchmytail.com/2009/06/30/choosing-the-right-lens-isnt-easy/ http://www.scratchmytail.com/2009/06/30/choosing-the-right-lens-isnt-easy/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:27:07 +0000 ScratchMyTail http://www.scratchmytail.com/?p=65 Lately I’ve been looking for a new lens for my digital SLR (Canon EOS 400D). I’m tired of not being able to zoom. The default lens, 18-55mm, has it’s limitations. So what are my options? If you own a DSLR camera you probably know that there’s a lot of lenses out there. I have found two lenses, I can buy an allround lens with 18-270mm focal length, or I can buy a telephoto lens with 55-250mm focal length. If I buy the 18-270mm I can throw away the 18-55mm, which actually is an advantage since I only need one lens covering the same range and even more. The 18-270mm is an excellent all-in-one lens with an amazing focal length. You can zoom in on items and take wide angle shots with the same lens! If I buy the 55-250mm lens I’m not able to take wide angle shots which is a drawback. This means that I may have to change lens if I suddenly want to take a wide angle shot.

Dpreview (Digital Photography Review), which is the best review site for photo equipment in my opinion, have benchmarked the 18-270mm lens, the test can be found here. I will make a decision soon. A personal review will of course be posted on my amazing blog. Stay tuned!

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