A 15mm wide-angle lens easily captures the peripheries. Photo: Matthew Cattin

A photography guide to lenses

June 2020

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Choosing a camera lens for your tramping trips can be an overwhelming bombardment of numbers, letters and jargon. Matthew Cattin shares what you need to know to choose the right lens for the job

Zoom or prime? Your first decision when choosing a new lens should be considering whether you want a zoom or prime lens. Primes have a fixed focal length – e.g. 50mm – meaning they cannot zoom. Because of this, they are lighter and usually have a lower aperture than zooms. This makes them faster and […]
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