What Every Photographer Should Know About Lenses
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Have you ever tried to learn about lenses, only to be overwhelmed by choice and technical information? Whether you're a first-time photographer or a seasoned professional, it can be a daunting task. If you've ever wondered how lenses work, what makes a good or bad lens, and how to pick the one that's right for the kinds of photos you want to take, this is the course for you.
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Dave Bode will take you on a comprehensive journey through the world of lenses, from common terms and acronyms through to field-of-view, lens coatings, the difference between full and non-full frame lenses, focus systems, and more. This course covers practical know-how including focal length, aperture, image stabilization and more, to help you choose the right lens for every situation.
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1. Introduction
00:00:00 1. Introduction
2. How Do Lenses Work?
00:02:27 2.1 Focal Length and Field-of-View
00:11:29 2.2 Aperture
00:24:14 2.3 What Does A Bad Lens Look Like?
3. Special Lens Features
00:45:34 3.1 Stabilization, Coatings, and Focusing Motors
4. Choosing a Zoom Lens
55:08:20 4.1 Standard Zoom Lenses
01:08:01 4.2 Wide Angle Zoom Lenses
01:16:55 4.3 Medium Telephoto Zooms
01:23:20 4.4 Telephoto Lenses
01:32:49 4.5 Super Zoom Lenses
5. A Guide to Prime Lenses
01:39:15 5.1 The Good and Bad of Prime Lenses
01:44:08 5.2 Fish Eye Lenses
6. Getting Perspective Right in Your Photographs
02:06:11 6.1 The Right Lens For Portrait Photography
02:17:30 6.2 Compress For Composition
02:25:21 6.3 Guide to Macro Lenses
7. Conclusion
02:41:27 7.1 Conclusion
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Like so many areas you’re not allowed in due to covid and we were expecting to be told sometimes “just go out and go and take pictures” we also thought we would actually do things about photography but one of our lecturers teaches about how to analyse news paper articles like what the fuck has that to do with photography. Another thing we do a lot is “writing about our weaknesses and strengths and how to improve them. Like we did that shit in school. It’s so annoying I’ve been in college for months now and barely learned anything.
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In most cases, you can learn the required skills without taking out a fortune in student loans.
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This is a lot more informative than the kinda "classes" you get on Skillshare. Might just stick to youtube
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Commit to watching this. You won't regret it. Every second is straightforward and packed with information.
I didn’t need to go to college for photography, I just needed these videos
Sometimes camera/lens videos get confusing as three different camera systems (full, cropped, m4/3) are being discussed at the same time. It's like learning calculus in english, french, mandarin at the same time. But great video just the same. And thanks to your beautiful family too!
This tutorial is perfect. I refer back to it often when trying to configure my set-up, or when arguing online with other photographers lol.
High production value, clear and concise descriptions, and every segment starts out covering the most basic concepts, and ends with the most complex, so it's great for beginners and pros alike. Very well done, thank you for making this, it must have been quite the undertaking to put it all together.
I have a Tamron 16-300mm super zoom lens and it's just so convenient for vacation photos. Granted that the image quality isn't the greatest, but good enough for viewing on computer screen or a normal size print to hang on the wall. Not needing to switch lenses during shoots and miss out on the moment is sometimes more important than a pixel perfect shot.
this is an end to end encyclopedia of lenses. No snake oil, no confundus obscura, just real hands on technical comparison
*thank you* for putting this together
This would have made our training in various combat camera units so much simpler! Speaking as a videographer for the last 30 years, you truly have a lot of current info densely packed! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
This is seriously GOOD. Only for those who seriously know what it is all about (And probably don't need it but enjoy to hear it). The main thing here is to get that impatient, short temper photographer to seat and learn this priceless lesions and hope these folks get it... No not the topic but the provocation to seat for once and learn it al light speed (Under 2 hours forty five minutes) rather waiting to turn their hair white first! so short advice to more novice ones out there: "Get it or GET IT". & needless to say, "Have Fun" Plenty of it as I did from every minutes of this clip and wish ALL could understand the value presented here, in such a great condensed form.
Im two minutes in and im “sold”. Seems legit and educated. I like it
The first video I have watched for almost 3 hours without feeling bored. Thank you very much.
Excellent, excellent, excellent! Clear concise explanations of photography in today's "digital" world. Thank you so much.
53:33 - *Canon* also has *AFD* (arc-form drive), *STM* (stepping motor), *Nano-USM* and simple micromotor.
Thank you so much for this video. Absolutely incredible how packed full of concise information this is, can't find this anywhere else at this quality and professionalism. You guys are the best :)
This just GREAT! I'm embarrassed to admit that I have Canon (Rebel ...something with 2 lenses, which I absolutely enjoy) for almost 10 years and don't know its full potential. The camera's manual looked "scary" and too complicated.
This video is absolutely the best! Thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful!
Words like 'excellent' are very good, because, sometimes, you cannot describe things exactly, with other words. I cannot describe this fantastic course with other words, so, I just say, it is excellent.
If I may suggest, I think, you might make several parts of this video, in addition, and let people use each of them, as thy need for that specific subject.
Thanks for going back to basics on various lenses! Photographers of all levels can appreciate this video lesson...THANKS!
So much excellent info here, but meeting his family, his wife and kids, was a nice bonus to the video. He appears to be a really lucky guy, and appreciative of that fact
Thank you so much for this video! I inherited my father’s cameras a year and a half ago and I didn’t know where to start trying to figure out what to do with them. This is exactly what I needed to grasp basic concepts and lingo of photography.
Man... the amount of professionalism and skill in this video, damn. Im not even into photography; however, if I was, I would come here to learn from you. Thanks for your hard work and passion for your field.
Thank you for this amazing tutorial. I'm Definitely gonna check out the other courses!
Thanks so much for making this very excellent video. It's packed with information; it's well planned and put together; and it's clear how much work went into this. It's greatly appreciated!!!
Truly excellent - this was a long video but definitely a good use my time. I know a bit about photography, but learned a lot from your lessons - especially about face distortion at variousl focal lenghts, compression of background objects when using telephoto lenses, a great explanation of chromatic aberration, purple fringing, barrel distortion and pincushion (and the reasons it occurs), the value of coatings on filters and how they work and how a fisheye works. Thank you so much - I would recommend this to both the beginner as well as the intermediate photographer!
extremely helpful. your explanations and definitions of terms helped me understand so much more about photography. you are a great teacher.
You are super dedicated! Love this course.
Been a photographer for 8 years, so watched to make sure I knew everything lol. thankfully I learnt something new - the differences between coatings on the filters! Thanks! Haha
I wish I could print all this out for reference. I’m just trying to learn by myself. I need to decide on a camera for movie set photography of the actors. I need to learn fast. So many options and nothing with everything one wants. I have a headache from all the videos I’ve watched and still don’t know what to purchase.
This video is awesome and I will have to listen and replay each segment 15 times to grasp the concept of how each works and why. Great job! Thank you for putting it all in one place.
Subscribed ❤
Absolutely the best info presented the best on Youtubies... Thank You for this great "defraction" from the rest out there!
Very good to the point class, great job presenting / explaining ! Wish I had found this years ago .
at the portrait focal distance discussion around 2:15:00 it is also necessary to mention that moving the subject away from the lens also decreases the exaggerated perspective shifts as seen in the next segment, so it is easy to think of the longer lenses as a zoom into the subject when placed further away with a wider lens: cropping an image with a wider lens would produce the same angle as a portrait from the same distance with a tighter lens. this is an important factor considering the type of photography intended for a lens to be used with.
Hi. Thank you for all the effort. I just have one recommendation. When comparing images, it is better to make a info mark on the images, so inexperienced viewers could identify the difference a lot easier.
Thank you,this has helped me tremendously!
Excellent comparison👍🏻 I’m assuming the P2 with a bit of zoom corrects the barrel distortion and if so, have you had a chance to test a comparison with P1 and P2 at that same focal length? (26mm or whatever the P1 native is) I’m guessing the larger megapixel count and sensor size on the P2 would look very similar to P1 when digitally zoomed/cropped to achieve the look of the P1.
And if I am correct for that comparison, I would assume that the P2 would look better with the increased dynamic range. I know I’m getting all technical here but if the P2 looks better than P1 at the 26mm equivalent (dynamic wise) that would really give P2 a decent advantage as a dual purpose device (wide angle use and a great b-roll cam)
Last but not least, are we looking pretty good stability-wise with a zoom of around 50mm equivalent on the P2?
Thank you thank you thank you for your clear, précis and detailed lesson. (Yes I hit the subscriber button because of it). So many video classes out there today B&..for example, the classes generally are focused on "oh look at me, I am fxxxxxg awesome, you folks are so lucky to learn this from me" from the speakers. A massive snooze. (I won't give specific example. Mr Hurley). Thank you again for your stunning video.
This is the most comprehensive lesson on lenses I have found. Well done.
Very clear explanation of a topic that confuses many beginner and amateur photographers.
35mm film cameras became a standard in terms of explaining the field of view related to lens focal length because they were smaller and easier to handle than cameras that used larger film sizes. They were more popular because of this. Kodak introduced the APSC smaller film format at one point, but the quality of images from a smaller piece of film was not very good. These film size standards were adopted for use in digital cameras because photographers were familiar with them.
With film, ISO speeds were considerably slower than current digital cameras can achieve. ISO 100 gave a very good image. Photographers would use film rated around ISO 64 or slower for the best quality image possible. Fast film was rated at ISO 400, but could be pushed to 800 during chemical development. Just before digital cameras started to achieve usable quality levels, the top speed available with film was ISO 3200 - which was a pretty grainy image. Digital cameras have surpassed that over the last ten years.
With all my expirience in photography and even if i know all of this details i must say, GREAT JOB! This video contains all the information that any beginner or those with less experience will need. And your way of talking realy catch attention. Great job, BRAVO!
Glad you enjoyed it!
i’m well aware of 100% of this, & already versed in about 90% of this stuff, but i’m watching anyway bc i’m a camera geek. that’s what it takes- interest/passion & the drive to familiarize yourself w/ equipment in order to grasp the tools enough to know what you’re doing & how to skillfully achieve looks technically speaking. you’re then able to more proficiently collect what you need & be comfortable w/ any piece of gear, flowing through your shoots to where you only need to think about the creative aspect of what you’re trying to accomplish. it irks me seeing photographers who on shoots fiddle w/ or obsess over their gear. i always suggest ppl take a couple of years learning the ins & outs of photo gear & doing experimental shoots before trying to commit themselves to this line of work professionally.
Wow, I've never watched a more useful, organized and informative video course about anything, let alone lenses. Thanks much for all your time and information put in to this. It's to the point without a bunch of unnecessary banter and "selling" one brand over another. I think the only reason it doesn't have many more views yet is due to the obscure name. I'll share it and hope others do too.
My thoughts exactly. Well-structured, informative, practical, calm - you don't see that often. Very good job.
Excellent information. Subject matter is presented in a very clear, concise and easy to understand way. So many aspiring photographers often times run into walls when trying to navigate through technical jargon and the presenter attempting to impress other experts. Great job!
YES, Well organized and the vocabulary he speaks with is clear, precise and proper information. One hell of a dude here, Vote him in for President!
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A great course, learned a lot. Thank you.
This was so helpful I learned so many things and have a better understanding about lenses
excellent. concise and touches perfectly on what needs to be understood without all the "sports type commentary" in current youtube tutes. this is a perfect video tutorials. thanks
This video is absolutely the best! Thank you very much!
this feels very much like a udemy course. love it.
thank you for making this public and freely available!
I feel like I get lost at times, I need it more fluid and less like a class at school, some pov’s I appreciated
Another thank you for your time in sharing your knowledge to a newbie. Coming from a sound background, you'd think i would get it, but it finally dawned on me how images compress and expand shot from different distances. To think of it this way and then choose a lens or focal length. Great teacher.
Thank you very much for this course! It's super helpful!
Thank you for all of this info. It’s come at a good time for me and my photography journey.
We need more people like you ❤️
I learned so much from the end of this class. I had no idea of the degree to which focal length affects perspective. Thanks for making this video!
You're very welcome!
I appreciate this tutorial and the clarity of the speaker. I had to set my television to Natural picture mode because in calibrated modes the chromatic aberrations were not apparent at all.
Great tutorial, loved the approach and the breadth.
From a to zero for almost all photographers. Awesome video. One lesson to cover most about photography.
So kind of you ! To make such a helpful video.
Thank you very much!! I really love this course
I see too many video on youtube about photography but that you're video really really helpful good explanation easy to understand. thanks like like like
Great Vid. I wish I would have seen this about $8,000 ago. Learned a lot about full frame. My understanding of aperture is not cloudy like it used to be. I am very much considering adding a full frame camera to my collection now. I currently have a canon m50 (very first camera), BMPCC 6K Pro (the more I learn about the camera the better the videos are), and Lumix GH5S (just learning more about it, it has been my least favorite as it has been hard to get the good video I like). I shoot mostly sports video and prefer deep DOF because I like to see the reactions of others around plays. I shoot primarily football, basketball, and track. The BMPCC 6K Pro, strangely enough, has been my primary because I have put the most money into it. I tripod up in the stands, make what feels like a thousand adjustments and I go to town. So if were to entertain an FF cam just because I am curious, what would be a good FF to start with?
Wow what a dope video.. im 30 mins in and i just learned so much i didnt know about the basics.. thank you ✊🏾
Wow wow wow, I can't find words to to say thank you or describe how grateful I am that I came across this video and tutorial, you have one more SUBCRIBER, blessings to you and your crew for the rest of 2023, and beyond,
Canon users never learn about configurable automatic ISO. Nikon has found the perfect auto implementation for perfect Auto-ISO.
Good vid. I've been listening to this for 26min and I've learned so much already. Great Stuff. Saving this to my watch later so i can come back to it.
Subscribed!!!! You are so good! I have learned a lot! Thank you!
This video was a fantastic education on lenses. Thank you! I am new to digital photography and was looking for information to help my build my kit strategically. This was a valuable must watch video.
Glad it was helpful!
THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO!
Wonderful presentation; excellent teaching. Thank you!
WOW! That was the best explanation about full frame and crop that I've seen... Tks a lot!
Absolutely great job. Just one request, please do some video on "HOW TO SEE AND USE LIGHT" in photography. I think this is something we all need to learn, thanks a lot.
One of the most comprehensive courses I've ever seen - thank you.
So to make a face look its very best in headshots with the M43 system, the ideal focal length range to use is between 60mm to 80mm (120mm-160mm FF equivalent, 75mm-100mm APSC equivalent). M43 users, take note: 25-40mm will look okay, 40mm-60mm will look good, 60mm-80mm is perfect 👌. Got it 👍 Hope my calculations are spot on! Thank you for the video 😊 I just scored an Olympus 75mm 1.8 prime lens for cheap, and I’m excited to use it 👏
The best and the most extensive knowledge sharing on photography I have come across on TH-cam.....
Thanks so much this tutorial was awesome.
On lenses, I saved and got a cheap Canon Rebel t100 . GREAT, blew my phone away at what i could do. Then of course i want more then the 18-55mm kit lens it came with. I found refurbished Canon web site and got a Cheap lens i could afford first. 75-300mm EF full frame. So i can Zoom in like a champ. Birds, squirrels, Deer, and the Moon..... Now i know WHY. Full frame lens on Crop sensor. Not sure what it would be at that point. But anyways... Back to video, AND THANK YOU. i love learning. I do photos for Fun :)
This is a truly outstanding video. Thank you so much for providing this!
This is priceless, thank you.
I dont worry about contrast in lenses as much as distortion and softness in the lens. Pictures can always be adjusted. IN fact less contrast gives you more flexibility with grading the picture/color later of course this is up to a limit. Of course I am not talking about improperly exposed pictures .
Perfect tutorial! Thank you! You have just gained another subscriber!
Thank you for the video. I learned a lot and i am really excited about what all the lens options can do. Thanks again!
Your video is extremely informative. Thanks alot. I understand so much more now. Thank youuuuuu🤗
Like how you get straight to the point, thank you!
This video really covers a lot of great info, thank you!
It is a wonderful tutorial lesson. I learned a lot from this lesson. thank you so much.
Great video, thanks for the clear information…and an even bigger thanks for not having music playing while your talking( its a pet hate but this drives me mad in so many videos!).
What a tutorial.incredible and fabulous with in detail explanation step by step.its a reference tutorial. Never seen such a wealth of information in TH-cam channel. Great. It shows your expertise in the field and ability to explain convincingly. Thank you so much. 🙏👍💐
Great learning video!!! Thanks much!
Rarely learnt so much good stuff from just one video! I am surprised this did not make thousands of likes. The software and lens hacks are awesome too. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think the only people that are looking this closely & analyzing these photos are the people in the profession.
If they are already in the profession, they probably don't need a tutorial, do they?
Or those who want to produce superb images in every possible situation their equipment can handle.
wow , this guy is fn good . Thank You sir, greatly appreciate it . and actually I earned things I never even thought about like the purpose of metering and how and what to adjust accordingly .
I appreciate this tutorial and the clarity of the speaker. I had to set my television to Natural picture mode because in calibrated modes the chromatic aberrations were not apparent at all.
Thankq for information
I am just extremely lucky YT recommended this video to me. This is superb. Thank you so so much
David, you have a top of the line presentation and set of information in this course.. Very well done.. Thank you for sharing it.
So comprehensive buy easy to understand... Thanks sir for sharing this video, very helpful
This is a masterpiece video ! Tons of excellent and valuable information. Thanks a lot !
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This is a great video! I understand so much more! You are a perfect teacher! Thank you!
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Lecture go with picture and why. Perfect video.
Thank you so much! You gave me all the answers to questions I wouldn't have known enough to ask but wanted to learn.
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07:43 It is instructive to note that moving back and zooming in may render a similar "composition" (angle of view), but it will render a very different perspective. I get a kick out of some of these photographers who say that a long lens compresses the scene. I have been shooting for over 50 years, and I have never seen a long lens compress anything. All it does is magnify and crop. If you were to shoot the same scene with a normal lens and then a long lens, without moving the camera, and then crop and enlarged the image captured with the normal lens (failing aberrations, of course), you would get exactly the same picture.
Yup. I was wrong when I described lens compressing using telephoto lenses. When I created this course (in early 2014), the term compression was used a lot (around the web) when describing moving back and creating the same framing with a longer lens. Later in the course, I show a bunch of examples that show this effect, but you are correct. It isn't compressing anything!
Here for the 1st time. About 30 minutes in and i think im going to restart the video and get my notebook.
Thank you, probably the best video ive seen on the topic
This is really a great tutorial!