The Best Camera Lenses

Finding the best camera lens to suit your photography style requires research and patience.

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With so many camera lenses on the market, the task of finding the "best" one is daunting to say the least. So, how does one go about locating a superior lens? A photographer may have his or her favorite camera lens for shooting, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the "best" camera lens on the market.

A good photographer realizes that the "best" lens is the one that enhances a particular shoot. Different camera lenses have different purposes. The "best" one helps capture the mood or look a photographer is trying to communicate.

One type of lens may lend itself to a particular shoot better than another. A photographer should consider multiple factors before settling on a single lens. Some of the reasons that a photographer chooses a particular lens include:

• Weight
• Perspective
• Maximum/minimum aperture
• Focus flexibility
• Relative sharpness
• Zoom capabilities
• Image stabilization
• Price

Professional and amateur photographers consider the following camera lenses the "best" in terms of overall functionality and price:

When it comes to capturing far-off action, Canon’s 55-250mm telephoto lens is hard to beat. It combines Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer technology with a powerful zoom function to give you flexibility in low-light shots. The lens is also multi-functional in that it helps document everything from speedy athletes to intimate portraits with blurred backgrounds.

Canon’s high-zoom-ratio lens is equivalent to a focal length of 88-400mm in the 35mm format. What’s more, the handy image stabilizer effect creates an equivalent shutter speed of roughly four stops faster than the same size lens without an image stabilizer. You can handhold shutter speeds as slow as 1/15th of a second.

The AF-S Nikkor 35mm F1.8G is compatible with the DX format only. However, it is still considered the “perfect” standard lens for digital SLRs, including Nikon's entry-level D40 / D40X / D60 bodies. The AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G’s dimensions are ideal for landscape shooting. The fast, f/1.8 prime lens is also great for low-light conditions. In addition, the aspherical lens element minimizes lens ghosting, which preserves image integrity. The lens also comes equipped with Nikon Super Integrated Coating (SIC), which enhances light transmission efficiency and offers color consistency and reduced flare.

The Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm f2.8-4.0 SWD lens is a high-performance standard zoom lens that covers a zoom range equivalent of 24 to 120mm on Olympus digital cameras. Its special optical glass elements are used to correct various types of aberrations, while the 100 percent digital design ensures high-definition performance and yields sharp images.

The lens also boasts impressive close-up shooting capabilities (you can shoot from as close as 25cm throughout the zoom range) and features the world’s fastest and quietest autofocus drive. Another outstanding feature of this Zuiko Digital lenses is that it allows light to strike the image sensor at a near-perpendicular angle, minimizing degradation and light loss. There is also a convenient center-focusing knob and built-in dioptric correction, which makes it ideal for shooting in theaters, at concerts, and in nature.

This particular lens is suitable for any Sony Alpha Digital SLR camera. It is compact, easy-to-use, and provides incredible precision. The highly versatile lens will get you from 24mm wide-angle to 120mm telephoto (35mm equivalent) without compromising image quality. In addition, the advanced Carl Zeiss optical design and anti-flare T* Coating make this one of the most valued lenses in the world of digital photography.

Other noteworthy features include two glass-molded aspherical lens elements, which correct visual aberrations and improve picture quality across the entire zoom range and the circular aperture, which enhance low-light shots by creating a defocused effect. This ultimate all-in-one zoom lens designed specifically for DSLR imaging can also be used on Konica Minolta cameras.

The Sigma 50mm f/1.4 prime lens is designed for Nikon Digital SLR cameras. It is ideal for a wide range of applications, from landscape photography to portraits and sports photography. The lens offers an extra-large aperture that captures superior peripheral brightness. In addition, the molded glass aspherical lens ensures that images look sharp and crisp against a nicely blurred background.

This particular lens has a minimum focusing distance of 17.7 inches (45cm) and has maximum magnification of 1:7.4, which creates a very attractive blur, even when a small aperture is used. The lens also features an integrated Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) as part of its silent, high-speed autofocus system. Other features include a full-time manual focus override and comfort fit knobs.

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