From the course: Photography Foundations: Lenses
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Focal length applications
From the course: Photography Foundations: Lenses
Focal length applications
Lenses come in a huge variety of focal lengths. You can get zooms, you can get primes, you can get lenses that have incredibly short very wide-angle focal lengths, preposterously long, extremely telephoto focal lengths, and everything in between. So, why would you choose one over the other? Why is there such a vast assortment of focal lengths? Depending on how much you have been shooting, you might already have some ideas about the answer to this question. You might already be favoring one focal length range over another, or maybe you are just shooting with what you have with no idea of what some of the other options are. You can shoot any image with any type of lens but in general, the application for particular focal length ranges breaks down something like this. You got your extreme telephoto lenses, which give you a tremendous reach and allow you to tightly frame things that are very far away. These are great for sports or nature shooting or some types of adventures. This is a…
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