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Evaluating different lenses with the same focal length

Evaluating different lenses with the same focal length

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Evaluating different lenses with the same focal length

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- This week's Practicing Photographer is for those of you who are maybe a little bit new to photography and are confused by something when you go lens shopping. I have three lenses here. I have a 50mm lens, I have a 50mm lens, and I have a 50mm lens. Yes, they're all the same focal length. Why are there so many different kinds of lenses of the same length? These are actually three different brands, this is a Sigma, I'm sorry, a Zeiss, a Canon, and a Sigma. But even just within the Canon catalog, you'll find at least three different 50mm lenses. What are the differences? When you go lens shopping, how do you sort through the fact that there are so many different choices for a given focal length? You may find yourself frustrated by finally figuring out, oh, this is the focal length range that I like, now I know what lens to go buy, and then there's all these choices. So, I'm going to walk through the differences…

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