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Best-of buying guides: best cameras and lenses for every use, budget and mount.
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Shooting Skateboarders at a Skate Park: Angles, Timing and Safety
Photograph skateboarders at a skate park with low wide angles, fast shutter or panning, and smart positioning that…
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What Is the 500 Rule for Untracked Star Photography?
What the 500 rule is for untracked star photography, how to calculate it for your lens, and where…
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Macro Extension Tubes for Closer Focusing on a Budget
Best macro extension tubes for closer focusing without buying a dedicated macro lens, compared on autofocus support and…
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How Do You Choose a First Prime Lens Focal Length?
Choosing a first prime lens focal length by matching it to your most common subject, rather than guessing…
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How Does a Telephoto Lens Compress Layers in a Mountain Landscape?
How a telephoto lens compresses distant mountain ridgelines into tightly layered compositions, and how to use that effect…
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What Focal Length Captures a Whole Constellation in One Frame?
How to match focal length to a constellation actual size in the sky, from compact shapes to large,…
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How to Think in Full-Frame Equivalent Focal Length When Buying a Lens
A practical way to use full-frame equivalent focal length as a buying shortcut without misapplying it to aperture,…
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Why Do Zoom Lenses Change Distortion Type Across Their Range?
A single zoom lens can show barrel distortion at one end and pincushion distortion at the other. Here…
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Why Do Wide Lenses Barrel and Telephotos Pincushion?
Wide angle lenses tend toward barrel distortion while telephoto lenses tend toward pincushion. Here is the optical design…
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Why Do Wide-Angle and Telephoto Lenses Show Different Chromatic Aberration?
Wide angle and telephoto lenses tend to show different kinds of chromatic aberration because of how their optical…