Language of the Lenses

When buying a new DSLR camera, we would also like to consider the lenses.
So there are five types of lenses, they are: 

                                                   1. Standard Zoom

                                                   2. Zoom or Super Zoom

                                                   3. Wide Angle

                                                   4. Close-up or Macro

                                                   5. Prime

                      So let's define each type.

                                Standard Zoom

The standard zoom lens is the most common lens of all.
The focal length is 18mm-55mm.

This lens is typically used by beginner and amateur photographers. 
This type of lens gives you a variety of options for compositions. The quality of the
lens is still good enough for a starter to learn how to use DSLR cameras and lenses.

                               Zoom or Super Zoom

   

                              

The difference between a standard zoom lens and a super zoom lens is that

a super zoom lens has greater focal length. This is usually used for long-range 

photography. It can be used in shooting places in the wildlife, 

sports, and also music.

Popular length lens of this type are 

5mm-250mm, 70mm-300mm and 75mm-300mm.

            

                              Wide Angle

Wide angle lenses are used for capturing large subject areas. It could be 

landscapes, outdoor scenes, large groups and nature. Lenses having focal length

smaller than 50mm is wide angle lens. Its purpose is to capture larger views in tight

spaces having a great wide angle view photo. 

                              Close up / Macro

This type of lens is used to shoot close-up images. Macro lenses

are created to focus at much shorter distances capturing detailed photos and textures. 

Mostly used in nature photography shooting small objects such as insects flowers 

and captures immense detail and clarity. These lenses are also applied

 in scientific photography and product photography.

                          Prime

Lastly, prime lens have fixed focal lengths, this means that you can't 

adjust the zoom of the lens. What you need to do is to move closer, or move further 

away in order to capture what you needed. The good part of this lens is that it gives

the highest quality and sharpest photos. And for the worst part, this is too expensive. 

Focal lengths of prime lengths are 14mm, 35mm, 50mm, 80mm and 100mm.

Before buying lenses, consider what you really want, high quality photos, close ups, wide angles, and etc.