| Out of the many features that a digital camera | | | | very hard to explain without images, but let's give |
| comes with, one that we particularly take into | | | | it a shot. Imagine watching a cricket game on TV. |
| account is the power and quality of the lens. | | | | In a close-up image of the batsman, the |
| However, not everyone understands what is it | | | | wicket-keeper seems right behind him while the |
| that can be achieved by using a lens to its best. | | | | crowd is just a little further back. On a side-on |
| The difference between telephoto and wide angle | | | | view, you notice that the wicket-keeper is |
| lenses is not just about magnification. To use your | | | | actually about 10 meters away from the batsman |
| lenses in the best way possible, you need to | | | | and the viewers are approx. 60 meters further |
| know how the influence perspective and depth of | | | | back. This happens because the telephoto lens |
| field. | | | | makes subjects look much closer to one another, |
| It is common knowledge that a telephoto lens | | | | compressing the natural perspective. The same |
| enlarges all the objects in the photo. However, | | | | thing will happen if you take a landscape shot. |
| when you use the telephoto lens, you also reduce | | | | Imagine that you are photographing a tree and a |
| depth of field by removing the background. This is | | | | mountain range further away. If you use the |
| a good way to eliminate any source of distraction | | | | telephoto lens and take the shot from distance, |
| from the subject. There are two results of using | | | | the tree will seem very close to the mountains, |
| a telephoto lens: you minimize the amount of | | | | because the lens also enlarges the mountains. If |
| background by narrowing the field and you get a | | | | you take the same photo with a wide angle lens |
| small depth of field, ensuring that the background | | | | standing closer, the tree will take up the same |
| is out of focus. So when you take photos of | | | | amount of space, but when you reduce the |
| people or animals, the best option is to use the | | | | scene so that the tree fits in the frame, the |
| telephoto lens or zoom in with the zoom lens. You | | | | background also appears smaller... and therefore |
| will get a three dimensional impression, making the | | | | further away. So the wide-angle lens has the |
| subject emerge sharply and clearly from the | | | | opposite effect of the telephoto lens, augmenting |
| blurred background. A wide-angle lens, on the | | | | perspective and making the objects appear |
| other hand, does the complete opposite. It not | | | | further apart. |
| only makes everything look smaller, but has a | | | | In simple terms, the outputs of these two lenses |
| much wider angle, as the name says, and the | | | | is this: the wide-angle lens makes the foreground |
| depth of field is much increased. You will not only | | | | more prominent, reducing the background and |
| see more background, but it will be a lot more | | | | making it seem more distant. The telephoto lens |
| focused. This is why this lens is not a good option | | | | makes the background more prominent and |
| for portraits, as the background will distract the | | | | larger. So just changing your lens can deeply |
| viewer's attention from the subject. Instead, it | | | | affect the impact of your pictures. You can |
| works great for landscape photos, especially if | | | | control not only the way the viewer views the |
| you have objects both in the background and | | | | subject, but also the surroundings. You cannot get |
| foreground that you want to focus on. | | | | the whole idea without photos, so why not try |
| The other thing you take into account when | | | | these things out right now? |
| choosing the lens is perspective. The concept is | | | | |