Canon Lenses: What's In A Name?

own a newer Canon SLR, you have severalconstruction. Canon lenses are the choice of many
choices of lens brands that you can buy for yourimaging professionals the world over, whether
camera. In addition to buying Canon brand lensesthose lenses are being used on EOS SLR cameras
that work with the automatic focus of modernor on broadcast cameras.
Canon's, you can buy lenses from third partyCanon Lens Critics
vendors such as Sigma and Tamron, who makeAs with any product, Canon lenses have their
Canon-compatible lenses for less cost than Canon.critics. For example, I found one person who felt
After having spent a large amount of money onthat on the Canon lens the auto focus seemed
the camera body, you may be asking yourself ifslower than and not as decisive as the other
it is worth spending the extra bucks for the brandlenses they had owned, especially in low light.
name lens as well. I am an amateur photographer,Canon Lens Facts and Benefits
so am certainly no expert, but from the day thatLenses are extremely complex and sensitive
I bought my Canon SLR with its brand namepieces of equipment in which a myriad of
lenses you could see a marked jump inproblems can occur. Canon lenses are adjusted
improvement in my photo albums. It is likethrough the camera body with no on-lens control.
someone focused everything and turned on theAll modern Canon lenses focus with a motor in
lights! I recently switched to a digital Canon andthe lens, which may be one of the main reasons
gave my six-year-old film Canon to my mother.my mother and I got such great photos. If you
Her photos showed the same amazingare near-sighted, this is an especially nice feature
improvement.since it is difficult to focus manually if you wear
Reasons to Buy the Canon Lensglasses.
I generally like to stick to matching brand namesUsed Canon Lenses
with brand names, and my research has shownAnother great reason to invest in the higher
that most people on the web agree that doing sopriced Canon brand lens is that camera lenses
with Canon lenses is worth it. The first reason fortend to hold their monetary value over time, while
the popularity of this Canon lens is image quality.camera bodies do not. I have bought both a used
Canon lenses are well-corrected for distortion, andCanon lens and a new Canon lens for work and
have excellent color fidelity and contrast. Inhome and, frankly, I could not tell any difference
addition, they are characterized by superior lensother than the price.