If you have been around digital SLR photography for any time period you'll have heard that the glass (camera lenses) in front of the camera is as important, if not more significant, than the camera itself. It's surely true.
After agonizing over the choice about which digital camera you'll settle on, the choice of a lens or lenses for that camera is equally as significant. And that is not an easy choice, either. Every new photographer comes to the realization that choosing a lens is a time for self control and patience. There's no place for impulsive behavior here. You have to match up your needs with what is available, and, if you've the money on hand, you make the purchase.
Selecting The Correct Lenses There's some good news in terms of making a camera lens purchase. Many camera lenses may fit your requirements for more than one kind of photography. Your first lens purchase might be one of those lenses which satisfies many type of photography. Usually, people get a multi focal length, or zoom, lens as their very first lens. That one lens, if well-planned, could be a general, all purpose lens for daily photos, but it may also be a fantastic portrait lens, a medium telephoto lens for taking photos from a distance, and a normal lens.
A lens such as a zoom lens of 18-105 mm (or somewhere in that range) is just the type of lens which may fill a lot of photography requirements. Spend some time choosing that first digital slr lens since it is an important one. As your photography experiences develop, you probably be choosing which direction you wish to go as a major focus in the special kind of photography you want to focus on. This decision will affect the lenses you'll need to put in your kit.
For example, if you desire to focus on "people photography," you can narrow down your lens choices to include a medium telephoto lens, and that choice will differ greatly from that of someone else who wishes to focus on landscape photography, since their choice would probably be a wide-angle lens that would be great for their particular kind of pictures.
Specialty Lenses A macro lens, while ideal for close up photography, is one of those lenses that can be used for more than one type of photography. Many people do not realize that macro lenses are excellent portrait lenses as well as medium telephoto lenses. One good macro lens can perform the job of several lenses, and do it well. You may also need to add a "normal lens" to your photography kit.
While 50mm isn't technically "normal" for every camera, it is a great choice for nearly all photographer because there are so many things you may do with that focal length and aperture. The wide aperture of nearly all 50mm lenses is pretty wide, so it will offer you the advantage of being able to shoot in low light that many of the zoom lenses (particularly the less expensive ones) don't have. Moreover, 50mm lenses are perfect for portraits and street photography as well as doing a pretty good job with all but the most demanding of close-up images.
Finding lenses shouldn't be an impulsive decision. Each lens should be selected with much thought and consideration as to the effect it'll have on your goal as a photographer.
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