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.

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  1. How to Shoot Video on Your Canon Rebel

    How to Shoot Video on Your Canon Rebel

    Tutorial Beginner

    The explosion of filmmaking since its democratization in 2008 has meant increasingly cheap ways of exploring the possibilities of motion pictures. One of the...

  2. The Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Film and Cameras

    The Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Film and Cameras

    Tutorial Beginner

    So you've dug through your parents' basement, pulled out their vinyl album of Michael Jackson's Thriller and bought yourself an old record player. And for...

  3. Canon and Nikon vs. Everyone Else: Buying Your First DSLR

    Canon and Nikon vs. Everyone Else: Buying Your First DSLR

    Tutorial Beginner

    To the beginner, there's a bewildering array of cameras out there these days. They advertise a multitude of features often wrapped up in technical jargon and...

  4. Five Tips to Improve Your Holga Photography

    Five Tips to Improve Your Holga Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    The Holga is cult camera responsible for some great images. Today, we'll look at five ways to make better pictures with your Holga. We'll take a look at a...

  5. Photographing Wild Birds in Civilized Places

    Photographing Wild Birds in Civilized Places

    Tutorial Beginner

    Just because hawks and eagles do not abound in your area does not mean you must give up photographing birds. There are lots of species around every home if...

  6. Your Guide to Stunning Surf Photography

    Your Guide to Stunning Surf Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    A surfer performing a maneuver on a beautiful wave is always a photographic inspiration. Every wave is different and every surfer has his or her own unique...

  7. The Basics of Better Moon Photography

    The Basics of Better Moon Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    It controls the tides and even some people's moods. It watches over us at night and sometimes makes a guest appearance during the day. It's our only...

  8. How to Create a Sense of Depth to Your Photos

    How to Create a Sense of Depth to Your Photos

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today we will take a look at how to add some sense of depth to your photographs and thus make them become alive and more interesting to the viewer. By making...

  9. Location Photography: How to Comprehensively Capture a City, Village or Street

    Location Photography: How to Comprehensively Capture a City, Village or Street

    Tutorial Beginner

    Photographing a location can be an extremely valuable exercise. It poses a large variety of challenges, working with both landscapes, portraits, large scale...

  10. A Tantalizing Look at Teleconverters

    A Tantalizing Look at Teleconverters

    Tutorial Beginner

    Have you ever felt like you needed to be that much closer and you would've had the shot? Even though you had a 70-200mm, you wish it could have been a 500mm....

  11. How to Create Abstract Photo Art with Construction Paper

    How to Create Abstract Photo Art with Construction Paper

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Creating a unique image from what looks like nothing is what this tutorial is all about. We’re going to be building a small construction paper 3D design and...

  12. An Introduction to Holga Photography

    An Introduction to Holga Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    The Holga is a camera, first manufactured in China in 1981, made almost entirely of plastic, some even have plastic lenses. It was an invention intended for...