Nikon Digital Camera Blog

If you have another camera but are thinking of buying Nikon camera lenses, this is still possible. You have to read up on the Nikon camera lenses that are compatible with your gadget. This article will provide you with the brief background of what you would need.

You can opt for the non-AI manual focus Nikon camera lenses. These were manufactured in 1959. These are still sold because these are the frequently used lenses.

These are made from chrome filter, black filter, and rubber coating. The non-AI manual focus lens are still being manufactured because there is a high demand for these lenses.

The manual focus Nikon camera lenses were produced from 1987 until the mid 1980s. It was introduced as the Automatic Maximum Aperture Indexing and could inform how many meters the subject is from the body.

Some other terminologies are discussed below;
• G-lens: These lenses come with an aperture control ring on the lens itself.
• VR-lens: this stands for Vibration Reduction; this helps the photographer take stable and clear photographs at extremely low shutter speeds.
• AF-S: ideal for the wildlife photographers, who want to take good pictures of their subjects without disturbing them. The Silent Wave Motor uses hi-tech capabilities to zoom in automatically without causing any noise.
• IF: this stands for Internal Focusing, these lenses are very affordable and the shape of the lens does not change when you try to focus as all the focusing action takes place inside the lens.
• ED: stands for Extra-Low Dispersion, a lens without this feature will have chromatic aberrations in the photo.

There is no single lens that packs all the features, so you need to mix and match according to your requirements.
• If you want to take sports photographs then you can go for the Telephoto lens with AF-S capabilities.
• For portraits and scenery capture, you should go for the wide angled lenses with VR and ED.
• For taking pictures of the landscapes, you should opt for lenses with internal focusing (IF) as the wide angled IF lenses give good view of the field.
• If you like to capture small objects like flowers, butterflies, Bees then you should go for the Macro lenses with optical zoom capabilities.
• For traveling purposes, you can choose the Mega zoom lenses that offer great zooming capabilities, both optical and digital.

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Top 3 Recommended Lenses For Your New Nikon D80 Digital SLR Camera

These are 3 lenses for your Nikon D80 Digital SLR Camera recommended by David Chin:

1. Nikon Lens #1 – The Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF lens. You can buy $400 lenses which give marginally sharper pictures, but the 50mm f/1.8 lens has the highest sharpness / dollar-spent ratio in the industry.
2. Nikon Lens #2 – The Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom lens. Yes, this is a zoom lens, unlike the 50mm f/1.8 mentioned above. Meaning you can take big-group shots in tight locations and include everybody into the picture, and it also allows you to go to 70mm for relatively tight portrait shots. Before the availability of Lens #3 that I’m about to mention, this glass was a firm favourite among many casual photographers who shoot travel and vacation images.
3. Nikon Lens #3 – The Nikkor 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6g IF-ED AF-S DX VR.This lens is so hot. You’ll appreciate how useful the VR is if you’re in a museum that doesn’t allow you to use flash and tripods – the new version of the VR technology Nikon made available on this lens allows you to eliminate handshake at ever slower shutter speeds which beats out the VR capability in more expensive, but older lenses. $750 is all you need to own this lens which you can take 90% of your shots with.

Knowing Which Digital SLR Camera Lens is Right for You?

Before you buy lens for your Digital Camera you should understand different group of digital camera lens, These are groups of digital camera lens based on Scott Karcich’s article:

Focal Length

On a digital SLR camera the focal length of the lenses measures the distance between the lens and the image sensor, measured in millimeters. Lenses can be classified into subgroups like prime, macro, wide angle, normal, telephoto, and zoom lenses.

Prime Lenses:

Prime lenses are fixed focal length lenses like a 50mm 1.4f lens. Traditionally prime lenses are sharper and faster then zoom lenses.

Macro Lenses:

Examples of macro lenses are 50mm and 100mm macros. These lenses are also great for selective focus types of photos.

Wide-angle Lenses:

Wide-angle lenses are your broad stroke brushes; these types of lenses have short focal lengths. With high quality wide angles lenses like Canon L series lenses address this convergence issue well. Examples of wide-angle lenses are 15MM, 17mm, 24mm and 28mm lenses.

Normal Lenses:

If you buy just one lens try and buy the fastest normal lenses you can like a 50mm 1.4f lenses. Some examples of normal lenses are 35mm; 50mm, 65mm and some consider a 80mm a normal lens.

Telephoto Lenses:

Lenses with long focal lengths 100mm and higher are called telephoto lenses. Telephoto lenses also give your subjects a graphic look and flatten out your subject. These lenses are my short stroke brushes.

Zoom Lenses:

Zoom lenses are special because they can be very versatile. In my bag I carry a 17mm to 35mm my wide-angle broad brush, 24mm to 70mm my medium brush, and a 80mm to 200mm my short brush. When shopping for a zoom lenses check out the f-stop range rating. Zoom lenses can give you flexibility and versatility all in one lenses.

Understanding what these different groups of lenses can do will help you make more informed decisions on what lenses to purchase and what to put in your camera bag.

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