Cameras & Lenses

Which camera and lens is right for you? Read our guides to the best cameras and lenses to use for different types of photography, and feel confident in your choices.

All Cameras & Lenses content:

  1. How to Build a Film Style Look in Adobe Lightroom

    How to Build a Film Style Look in Adobe Lightroom

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn the magic combination of sliders and settings in Adobe Lightroom to take your images back in time.

  2. How to Use Lens Compression to Create Better Photographic Compositions

    How to Use Lens Compression to Create Better Photographic Compositions

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn more about using longer focal length lenses to create compression between the subject and background.

  3. How to Choose the Best Lens to Use for Portrait Photography

    How to Choose the Best Lens to Use for Portrait Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn more about what matters when it comes to choosing the right camera lens for portrait photography.

  4. How to Use a Telephoto Lens (to Photograph Far-Away Things Nicely)

    How to Use a Telephoto Lens (to Photograph Far-Away Things Nicely)

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn more about using a telephoto camera lens to create more reach and background compression.

  5. How to Choose the Best Video Camera for Your Trip

    How to Choose the Best Video Camera for Your Trip

    Tutorial Beginner

    Video can take you to the heart of the action and make your audience feel like they're there themselves, but it can also get in the way of your adventure. In...

  6. When and How to Use Wide Angle Zoom Lenses

    When and How to Use Wide Angle Zoom Lenses

    Tutorial Beginner

    Going wide can help put your viewer in the midst of a scene; learn more with this quick lesson.

  7. Setting the Standard: What's a Standard Zoom Lens?

    Setting the Standard: What's a Standard Zoom Lens?

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn more about the benefits and limitations of the standard zoom lens in this video lesson.

  8. Decoding Lens Jargon: Image Stabilization, Coatings, and Advanced Focusing Motors

    Decoding Lens Jargon: Image Stabilization, Coatings, and Advanced Focusing Motors

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn the advanced features of a camera lens and how they affect the finished image in this video lesson.

  9. How to Use Focal Length and Field of View to Compose Better Photographs

    How to Use Focal Length and Field of View to Compose Better Photographs

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn these two key ideas to help you speak the language of photography in this video lesson.

  10. How to Choose Video Cameras for Documentary Interviewing

    How to Choose Video Cameras for Documentary Interviewing

    Tutorial Beginner

    You point your camera at your subject, but there’s a bit more to it than that. There are various ways to film an interview, and each produces a different...

  11. How to Add a Zoom to Your Drone Video in Adobe After Effects

    How to Add a Zoom to Your Drone Video in Adobe After Effects

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to add a faux-zoom to our drone footage in post-production using Adobe After Effects.

  12. 5 Great Actions for Tilt-Shift Photo Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    5 Great Actions for Tilt-Shift Photo Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Tilt-shift is, as you’d probably expect from the name, a combination of rotating the lens (tilt) and moving it (shift). The good news is that this effect is...