Prime Lenses

What are prime lenses?

Wikipedia: In film and photography, a prime lens is a fixed focal length photographic lens (as opposed to a zoom lens), typically with a maximum aperture from f2.8 to f1.2.

So popular prime lens focal lengths:

• 50mm
• 85mm
• 100mm macro
• 135mm

What are some of the advantages of using prime lenses?

• More Light
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Sharper Images
• Better Image Quality
• Good Value
• Smaller & Lighter
• Easier To Get Used To The Focal Length
• Forces You To Move

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The biggest disadvantage:

• Fixed focal length
• More expensive

While prime lenses shouldn’t be the first lenses you buy, they do have a place and purpose. I use a 100mm Macro (which take awesome portraits) and a 135mm for nature.

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