Six Basic camera lens Types

Six Basic camera lens Types

1. Wide-angle camera lens

A wide-angle camera lens is a photographic camera lens with a shorter focal length than a standard camera lens, a larger viewing angle than a standard camera lens, a longer focal length than a fisheye camera lens, and a smaller viewing angle than a fisheye camera lens. Wide-angle camera lenses are divided into two types: ordinary wide-angle camera lenses and ultra-wide-angle camera lenses.

2. Standard camera lens

Standard camera lens, a general term for camera lenses with an angle of view of about 50 degrees, and a photographic camera lens whose focal length is approximately equal to the diagonal length of the captured frame. The viewing angle is generally 45° to 50°. A 35mm frame is a camera lens with a focal length of 40-60mm, a camera lens with a focal length of 6*6 centimeters is a camera lens with a focal length of 75-80mm, and a camera lens with a focal length of 4*5 inches is 120-150mm.

3. Telephoto camera lens

A telephoto camera lens is a photographic camera lens that has a longer focal length than a standard camera lens. Long focal length camera lenses are divided into two categories: ordinary telephoto camera lenses and super telephoto camera lenses. A normal telephoto camera lens has a focal length close to that of a standard camera lens, while a super telephoto camera lens has a focal length that is much longer than a standard camera lens.

Taking the 135 camera as an example, the photographic camera lens with a camera lens focal length from 85 mm to 300 mm is an ordinary telephoto camera lens, and the camera lens with a focal length of 300 mm or more is a super telephoto camera lens.

4. Macro camera lens

A macro camera lens is a special camera lens used for macro photography. It is mainly used to shoot very small objects, such as flowers and insects. It is difficult to alternately perform close-up photography and ordinary photography by adding a close-up attachment to a general photographic camera lens.

The macro photography camera lens is different. Its close-up does not depend on other close-up accessories. All close-up operations are performed on the camera lens itself. Quickly adjust to normal photography status, which provides convenience for photographers to alternately perform close-up photography and normal photography.

5. Super wide-angle camera lens

Among wide-angle camera lenses, a camera lens with a particularly wide viewing angle (80-110 degrees) is called an ultra-wide-angle camera lens. On a 35mm camera, it mostly refers to a 15-20mm camera lens. The ultra-wide-angle camera lens has a wide field of view, and unlike the fisheye camera lens, which has strong distortion, it is a camera lens that eliminates distortion very well.

6. Fisheye camera lens

A fisheye camera lens is a camera lens with a focal length of 16mm or less and a viewing angle close to or equal to 180°. It is an extreme wide-angle camera lens, "fisheye camera lens" is its common name. In order to maximize the photographic angle of view of the camera lens, the diameter of the front camera lens of this photographic camera lens is very short and protrudes toward the front of the camera lens in a parabolic shape, which is quite similar to the eyes of a fish, hence the name "fisheye camera lens".