Digital SLR Lenses

Choosing the right digital slr lenses for your camera can be a daunting job if you are just starting out on your photographic hobby.

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You have lots of options. There are branded lenses such as Canon , Nikon , Pentax and Sony and depending on your make of SLR camera there are also 3rd party digital slr lenses available from Sigma and Tamron .

You will need to check that the 3rd party digital slr lenses are compatible with your camera make. Branded camera digital slr lenses are not interchangeable between brands, for example, you can't fit a Nikon Lens on a Canon camera body.

Selecting which type of digital slr lenses depends upon what you will be using the lens for and the type of photographs you are wanting to acheive.

You will need to consider the focal length,selecting a wide angle lens for landscape and indoor photography, standard lens for portraits or telephoto and super-telephoto for action and sports shots as well as wildlife photography.

A Zoom lens offers flexibility across a range of focal lengths and are a good choice if you are just starting out.

Finally consider the aperture , a lens with a larger maximum aperture will let more light in and therefore will take better pictures indoors or in low light conditions.