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Lens Guide

Uses of different focal lengths and lenses.

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Lens Guide

50mm or 35mm? Choosing Your First Prime Lens

The differences between 50mm and 35mm, the crop factor, and which suits which shooting style when picking your first prime lens.
Several camera lenses of different focal lengths side by side
Lens Guide

Focal Length Guide: Which Lens for What, from 24mm to 100mm+

Which focal length — 24, 35, 50, 85 and 100mm+ — suits which type of shooting, plus choosing between prime and zoom lenses.
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Lens Guide

What Is Aperture? A Guide to f-Numbers and Depth of Field

How aperture values from f/1.4 to f/22 affect light and depth of field, explained with examples for beginners.