Fally
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Hi all, and there's a reason this is being posted in the "Beginner's Place" lol.
I said this isn't a what's best thread in the title, but I guess it's more of a "what's best situationally" thread dealing with different types of lenses.
I'm just getting into photography, have a Nikon D80 with 18-200 f3.5-5. VR lens and SB800 lens. But I'm confounded by all the different types of lenses, and sure I could do a tonne of research through google, and who knows what kind of actual truth might be behind some of the pages I find, so I decided to post my questions on here. I want to have a better understanding of what I'm going to be looking for when I do go to buy my next lens, and the purpose for the purchase.
I do not have a specific type of photography that I will be doing, however sports and cityscapes interest me greatly, portraiture would be dealt with on vacations, etc but no "glamour shots"
What are the general use of primes (say 50mm or 85mm), what sort of photography makes them shine as a choice of lens?
What is a macro/micro lens and what is their best situation?
Thank you for any response, sorry if the question seems dim-witted to many of you
Fally
aka Scott
I said this isn't a what's best thread in the title, but I guess it's more of a "what's best situationally" thread dealing with different types of lenses.
I'm just getting into photography, have a Nikon D80 with 18-200 f3.5-5. VR lens and SB800 lens. But I'm confounded by all the different types of lenses, and sure I could do a tonne of research through google, and who knows what kind of actual truth might be behind some of the pages I find, so I decided to post my questions on here. I want to have a better understanding of what I'm going to be looking for when I do go to buy my next lens, and the purpose for the purchase.
I do not have a specific type of photography that I will be doing, however sports and cityscapes interest me greatly, portraiture would be dealt with on vacations, etc but no "glamour shots"
What are the general use of primes (say 50mm or 85mm), what sort of photography makes them shine as a choice of lens?
What is a macro/micro lens and what is their best situation?
Thank you for any response, sorry if the question seems dim-witted to many of you
Fally
aka Scott