Sage-Tips

What is a 17 50 mm lens good for?

The 17-50mm focal length range is nice. It works great for around-the-house shots (inside and out), for landscapes, for full body and head-and-shoulders portraits, for close sports and for a huge range of other uses. For many, their first general purpose lens is the one available in-the-box with their first DSLR.

Is the Sigma 17 50 A good lens?

At 50mm a very small amount of pincushion distortion can be seen. The Sigma 17-50mm is a very good lens that, while not quite perfect, certainly offers a substantial upgrade over a Standard Zoom kit lens.

What is Blue Hour photography?

When we talk about blue hour photography, we refer to pictures taken during a specific window of time that generally happens twice a day (well, apart a bunch of exceptions) – specifically when the sun still needs to rise in the morning and right after it has set in the evening.

Is Canon 18-55mm lens full frame?

Focal Length Range This is a moderately wide angle of view that is common with EF-S zoom lenses, but 18mm may leave you wishing for modestly wider on occasion, especially when photographing wide landscapes, interiors and architecture. The 55mm end frames like 88mm on a full frame camera.

Are kit lenses good enough?

The good news is that, for a beginner, the level of blur you get with a kit lens is good enough to get started with. It will give you some decent-looking photos, particularly if you shoot a lot of portrait photography. All in all, the kit lens is a good lens to get started with.

Should you buy the Canon EOS 18-55mm kit lens?

So, check on what you have, before you hit that ‘buy now’ button on that kit lens with the 18-55 focal length. The ef-s 18-55mm is a great lens to get acquainted with how these kit lenses work, understanding maximum aperture and challenging your knowledge and skill when it comes to taking photos.

Is 18-55mm a good focal range for photography?

This focal range is still only a moderate level of wide angle for your photos. There are other options out there if you need to catch more of the scene through the kit lens such as, 16-35mm, 10-18mm to name a couple. However, when the option that you have on hand is your 18-55mm kit lens, don’t panic.

What are the disadvantages of an 18-55mm kit lens?

Probably the biggest drawback is the limited maximum aperture ability. 18-55mm kit lenses, at their maximum aperture, sit at f/3.5. If you are trying to achieve that smooth blurred out background or foreground to give your subject that pop, this lens maybe isn’t the best focal length kit lens for that.

Do the Sigma 18-50mm and 17-70mm have gears?

The Sigma 18-50mm, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM and Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM all have a small ultrasonic motor that requires gears to drive focusing.