Does the brand of camera lens matter?

The camera brand does not matter for most purposes. Or at least it shouldn’t. There are brands more adept at certain things than others, like weather sealing for example. However, for most use cases most brands are competitive or at least competent.

Is the camera important or the lens?

Camera lenses are more important than the camera they’re attached to, at least in most situations. An entry level DSLR with a great lens will take great photos while a $10,000 professional camera with a terrible lens will take terrible pictures. Here’s why.

Are expensive camera lenses worth it?

In most all cases, an expensive lens is better by a great deal. That cheaper, entry level lens, by contrast, may not be all that much slower, but it will have cheaper glass, and more plastic pieces to save money and weight. A cheaper lens doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t work for your purposes, it likely will.

Can any lens fit on any camera?

While lenses are interchangeable – in that a camera can use different kinds of lenses (standard, wide angle, macro, etc), they aren’t completely interchangeable, across brands and types of cameras. So finding the right lens can be much more complicated than picking one and attaching it to your camera.

Do all Canon lenses fit?

If you bought a Canon EOS camera, you knew that any of the EF lens range would fit your camera. In fact, it’s still true – all EF lenses fit all EOS cameras, one way or another.

Does quality of lens matter?

No matter how good the quality, there will be lens aberrations of one kind or another. It’s just that on a good quality lens there are less of them. You can also get rid of the worse effects of chromatic aberration, vignetting and distortion with Photoshop, but it takes longer. Using Raw makes it much easier.

How do you know if a lens is compatible?

Is it compatible? The easiest way to find out which lenses your camera will accept is to look at the indicators on lens mount on the front of your camera. Simply remove the lens from your camera by pressing the lens release button and twisting the lens anti-clockwise.

Can I put any Canon lens on a Canon camera?

APS-C cameras, which are the bulk of the DSLRs that Canon offers, can use virtually all modern lenses: both EF and EF-S. Meanwhile, full frame and APS-H size sensor cameras are a bit more limited, to EF lenses only. There are also many third party lenses made in the EF mount.

Should you buy brand name photography accessories?

When you shoot with a brand name accessory, you’re more likely to get nods of respect from other photographers who recognize the value of that authentic, name brand lens (the coveted red ringed lenses from Canon and gold ring on Nikon lenses).

Should photographers buy third party camera gear?

Every photographer knows that camera gear isn’t cheap, and while brand name items may be ideal, sometimes they just aren’t realistic price points for what is affordable. This is where third-party items can help beginners, or photographers on a budget, can get their hands on some quality equipment.

What type of camera accessories should you buy?

Not long ago, there were two types of camera accessories to buy: brand items designed by known manufacturers such as Canon and Nikon, OR third-party items of questionable quality that you’d likely buy only if you were on a tight budget.

Are Sigma lenses good for photography?

Quality and consistency of these Sigma lenses might be questionable depending on your photography standards, but the fact that a third-party brand is innovating and selling unique lenses speaks to how third-party brands are shifting in the overall industry. (Read this to see why one dPS writer uses the Sigma 150-600mm for wildlife photography.)