A lens focuses light onto the sensor of a digital camera and is critical to photography. To help you make an informed choice when buying or mounting an optic, we explain some of the most important ...

Photo: Sony Lens names can be quite complicated, with some brands including every detail about the lens in their name.

Perspective in an image is all about the relationships between objects in the scene; specifically their relative sizes and positions … Perspective in an image is all about the relationships between ...

Hello and welcome to my first beginners guide of 2012. I hope you all had a Cool Yule involving loads of new cameras and lenses and a happy New Year. If you did get a new lens for Christmas or just ...

Getting a great picture of another person, or even yourself, can be a tough process as there are so many variables to account for. One that's often neglected is focal length, or what essentially ...

Every photographer loves a good 85mm lens. This focal length flatters and gives portraits a depth that no smartphone camera can match. The new Meike 85mm f1.8 SE Mark II, priced at $229.99, aims to ...

“We are confident in saying there is nothing like this on the market,” says Darcy Daugela, 58, chairman at NexOptic Technology Corp. He’s referring to the DoubleTake, which he describes as a ...

Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) Europe today announces the launch of two new super-telephoto lenses, the RF 800mm F5.6L IS USM and the RF 1200mm F8L IS USM. Pushing the boundaries of the RF lens range, ...

Telescope focal length determines image magnification. Field of view (FOV) shows how much sky your telescope displays. FOV is calculated using telescope and camera/eyepiece specs. Match telescope FOV ...

This new telephoto lens comes to us from the: "because we can" department. Lens manufacturer Carl Zeiss has just made one of the world's largest telephoto lenses -- it's so big in fact, that you ...