So far we've mostly been looking at fairly everyday lenses, but there are lots…of other optical gizmos that you can attach to your camera to achieve all sorts of effects.…You can get strange effects, or stylized effects, or even some practical effects.…You're already seen a fisheye lens and how it gives you a very wide and very…distorted view of a scene. On the more practical end of the spectrum are macro…lenses, which allow you to shoot extreme close-ups of objects.…Technically what makes a macro a macro lens is that there is a one-to-one…relationship between the size of the object that you're shooting and the size of…the image that gets captured.…
I'm going to skip all the math bit and we'll just say that when you shoot with a…macro lens you can shoot close-ups and get perspectives that you just can't…shoot with non-macro lenses.…Like other lenses macro lenses come in a variety of focal lengths.…This is a 100mm macro, but you might also see 60 and 50 millimeter macro lenses.…Those shorter macro lenses are lighter and they're less expensive, but they…
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2/11/2011- Understanding field of view and camera position
- Depth of field and lens choice
- How to choose a lens
- Examining lens features
- Using specialized lenses such as fisheye and tilt/shift lenses
- Focusing techniques
- Using filters
- Camera maintenance
Skill Level Beginner
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1. Introduction
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Welcome1m 19s
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Who is this course for?1m 34s
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Why does the lens matter?2m 36s
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Changing lenses3m 43s
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A word about camera brands1m 53s
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2. What Is a Lens?
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What is a lens?3m 51s
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Field of view2m 36s
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Focal length multipliers5m 42s
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Primes and zooms2m 2s
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3. Focal Length, Camera Position, and Composition
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Shooting wide7m 2s
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Shooting telephoto8m 9s
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Focal length applications1m 59s
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4. Depth of Field
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Depth of field (DOF)5m 3s
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DOF and sensor size1m 50s
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DOF and background size2m 5s
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5. Choosing a Lens
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Choosing a lens7m 11s
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Image quality4m 10s
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Lens features6m 42s
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Size and weight6m 29s
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Specialty lenses5m 9s
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Where to buy2m 54s
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Lens caps1m 28s
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6. Advanced Autofocus
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Focus point selection5m 54s
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Center-point auto-focus3m 51s
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Servo focus3m 46s
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Filters5m 46s
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Auto-focus and live view5m 2s
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7. Conclusion
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Maintenance14m 40s
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Micro-focus adjustments1m 31s
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Goodbye59s
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