Why And How To Choose Lenses: PART 1

If you're undecided about what lenses to choose, I walk through various functional factors which you may want to consider to help you choose the lens.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

[redtees]

Thank you! Excellent overview! I appreciate your instructional style. I was able to absorb each topic as you described them.

[PriTheHoneydark]

Wow...I felt as calm as all heck watching this video! This man has one of the most peaceful voices and dispositions I've ever experienced! :O) This video is also very informative and answered questions I had about my own lenses. I look forward to watching more tutorials. Great work!....Pri the Honeydark

[sarahmiller]

He's just soft spoken. I enjoyed that.

[nmth]

I just wanted to say, slightly off topic, great job on your first webisode. I know this is old, but for a first one this is very on point and every thing said was useful. There was a lot of good information in this.

[hausofhadz]

@THEHAMM3T The 100L macro is an awesome lens. It'll be hard to beat that really. If you are a prime person and don't mind changing lenses, the 50, 100, and 200mm trio is pretty good. If you ever wanted longer, you could always add a teleconverter. Any of the 70-200 Ls are good really if you need that convenience factor but it's up to you if you need zoom.

[hausofhadz]

Speed is relative. f/2.8 is typically the fastest for zooms BUT in the big picture (which includes primes) that is not that fast if you consider dim light shooting where you need as much light coming in with a big aperture (small f number). So yes apertures which let more light come consequently let you use faster shutter speeds if you wish.

[hausofhadz]

@finnpeter Your lens is an EOS mount lens so it will work fine on any of the Canon DSLRs. It's not a very useful lens because it's pretty telephoto. You'll need a wider angle lens to compliment it. If you're interested in taking only photos and don't want to spend much, the XSi is a good starter camera. If you want to spend more and have movie mode, I recommend the T2i.

[KathleensBasicsVideos]

thank you very much for all your recommendations! I'm gonna check it out right now!!! :) :)

[billsmeets]

this was very helpfull and informative, thanks!

[hausofhadz]

For YouTube videos, it doesn't really matter which of these cameras you use. The lights and lenses and mic (if you need sound) make all the difference.

[syednayyar]

good review and you are so soft spoken ....

[hausofhadz]

@4Patat I personally don't use them but if I were to choose, I'd use the Tokina 11-16 2.8. Faster speed gives you more options. Sorry I haven't used or read much on the 12-24.

[hausofhadz]

@lidstudio1 That was probably just the Canon lens cap. I use Tamron, Canon, and Nikon lens caps and they sometimes end up in various places haha.

[AnishThankachan]

Great video with a lot of info.What is the name of the skinny font you used through out the video? Thanks!

[hausofhadz]

Your first lens should be the most flexible so the zoom is best. That is unless you can handle shooting everything with the 50mm. I think that would be hard as you'd never have a wide view of things without stepping back all the time.

[hausofhadz]

@SemperFiSniper9 I don't have any more macro lenses. I just don't use them enough so I use extension tubes instead.

[hausofhadz]

@sprocketrsvr One single lens for those 3 things is not really possible. For landscapes, people like to use wide angle lenses. You can already get by with the 18-55 unless you want higher quality. For sports and motorcycles a fast telephoto f/2.8 zoom could work. You could use extension tubes to get in closer if you don't want to buy another lens. I'm not familiar with Pentax's line though. So probably you can get by with 2 lenses.

[THEHAMMT]

GREAT VIDEO! Now here is the question! Should i buy the 200mm f2.8 L non-is? or the 70-200mm f4 non-is?

[hausofhadz]

@poolpo17 Look for a lens that uses a fast ultrasonic motor (Nikon's version is called "silent wave" but beware not these "AF-S" lenses are fast) and fast speed f/2.8. Slower lenses means you will miss more shots but they are cheaper. The ideal lens for telephoto to get is expensive is the Nikon 70-200 AF-S f/2.8. Version 1 is cheaper/older and is fine on your camera. Cheaper alternatives is the Nikon 80-200 AF-S (only on used market now) and maybe the Sigma versions. Do you want a wide angle?

[hausofhadz]

@rodelson22 I would choose the Nikon as it has VR and the shorter 55mm wide end is more useful.