Adorama Camera > Adorama Learning Center > Gear Guides & Reviews > Lenses and Filters

Lenses and Filters

Focus on Optics

Here's the reason why you bought that DSLR

By Mason Resnick - March 11, 2009

Here's the reason why you bought that DSLR.

Interchangeable lenses give you the creative picture-taking flexibility that keeps photography fresh. They bring far subjects closer, create dramatic vistas, and enlarge tiny objects until they fill the frame to create a whole new visual world.

With recent computer-aided design and new lens coating technology, combined with DSLRs that use smaller sensors, lenses are smaller, offer better-quality images, and zoom farther than ever before.

What kind of lens should you buy? Browse around this section, and get the information you need to make an informed decision.

50 Articles

Popular Tags

RSS feed

photography adorama DSLR buying guide zoom canon nikon digital portrait camera filter sigma SLR telephoto Olympus pentax polarizer tokina wide angle digital camera lenses low light photoshop polarizing review soft focus tips 135mm 14-150 18-270mm 35mm 500mm 70mm 85mm adobe blower bob atkins bokeh budget clean

Items per page

Showing 50 of 50 results

Page:

Product Review: Sigma 150-500mm f/5.6-6.3 lens

Does this super tele-zoom have what it takes to win on the gridiron?

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mark Lent, 22 days ago

view Comments (11)

A professional sports photographer takes this $1,000 lens on assignment to a football game to see if can capture the action.

Field Test: Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm f/4 lens

Micro Four Thirds ultrawide is ultra-cool

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 24 days ago

view Comments (5)

Will photographers pony up more than a grand for this jewel of a lens? We put it through its paces.

Field Test: Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm f/4-5.8 ASPH lens

New Micro Four Thirds kit lens covers a wide range

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 25 days ago

If you’re buying your first Micro Four Thirds camera, this may be the first lens you’ll use. Can it deliver quality images throughout its full 10x range?

Top Portrait Lenses

Five favorite lenses that will flatter your subject

ArticleLenses and Filters Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, August 19, 2009

If you’re getting serious about portrait photography, consider investing in a moderate telephoto lens. Here’s a round-up of the best.

User Report: Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC lens

Heavy Hitter

ArticleLenses and Filters Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, July 31, 2009

view Comments (1)

A superwide zoom lens joins a very small club with its constant f/3.5 aperture. Can it deliver the kind of sharp images that justify the cost and extra weight?

TAGS: sigma, wide angle, lens