What lenses should I bring to Africa? Planning to go on an Africa trip in August, wondering about gear! Out of the lenses if you could only take three what would you take? Im having trouble deciding between the 200-800 and the 100-500. This is gear im buying in the near future. I want to buy lenses that will especially work on this trip as it will be a big one! Body: Canon r6 mark i…

Painting Tutorials and Product Photography, best lighting and lenses? Hey everyone, after doing a lot of research, I think the Canon EOS R50 is the perfect entry nicer-than-cell-phone camera for me. I produce social media videos, and am looking to do full length painting tutorials. What I’m having trouble with is figuring out lenses for the painting tutorials, I plan to shoot these flat on my desk, or on an easel….

How are Leica lenses that small? I have a Nikon full frame z camera, and even the manual lenses that I have are huge compared to the Leica M mount lenses that are also full frame , why is that? submitted by /u/ElCaza89

Looking for a bag for 3 specific lenses? Hi, I’m looking for recommendations, my equipment will be a sony a7iv, sony 24-70 gm ii, sony 70-200 f4 macro and sony 200-600. What bags could you recommend to carry the camera and this 3 lenses. Thanks submitted by /u/belpann

Lenses choice for NYC ? Hello everyone, I am deep in thought, as part of a trip to New York, I want to improve my equipment to take the best possible photos of this particular architecture. I will take quite a few portraits and architectural photos day and night. Today I have fairly inexpensive equipment (Olympus M.Zuiko ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ + Olympus M.Zuiko ED 40-…

How to remove Mold from newer lenses? I’ve looked through a lot of material of how to clean lenses but have only seen vintage stuff can you still do it yourself for newer stuff with say af and oss, asking cause its both cheaper but also sounds alot more fun to clean it? But maybe this is imposseble to do yourself submitted by /u/rasten100

Which is the sharpest out of these lenses? I’m looking to get a fast telephoto prime lens but the only ones that I can find which won’t break the bank are older M42 lenses. My options for now are: The Prinz Auto-Universar 135mm f/2.8 The Pentacon 135mm f/2.8 The Carenat 135mm f/2.8 So, out of all these lenses, which one should I get? Bokeh isn’t that important, the only important thing i…

Camera/ lenses (product photography)? Hello! I wanted to ask for some advice on product photography. Does anyone have any recommendations for affordable cameras and lenses that work well for close-up video shots? I’m looking for some that put out crisp quality videos without breaking the bank. Would love to hear some recommendations if possible. Thanks so much! 🙂 submitted by …

Suggestions on Canon M100 Lenses? Hello. I’ve had a Canon M100 since 2018, so about 7 years now. I got it as a Christmas gift from my mom but because I didn’t really have a use for it, I barely use it, and so I only have the base 15-45mm lens. Recently though, I started going to events like festivals and music shows where I would like to use a camera to take photos of the artis…

Best zoom lenses for Canon 2000D? Hi all, I’ve been trawling cex and mpb for months trying to make sense of the different zoom lenses available, but I just can’t seem to get a firm understanding of what my best choice is. I’m looking for a zoom lens for bird photography, ideally 400mm+ as I already have the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, and I’m working with a budget of about £…

Lenses that would still make Sony A6400 compact? I was so firm in my decision to get the RX100VA until I found an A6400 being sold near me. Why not get an APS-C camera instead of a 1-inch one, right? Haha. My main reason for choosing the RX100VA was because of its size. However, based on the image below, its size and that of the A6400 body is not that different. The difference will just lie on…

Video tripods for heavy lenses? I am very curious if the standard video tripod, with legs made up of several carbon tubes would work just as well for stills. I can believe it would be more heavy, but would it be more stable and stronger? If I’m buying a carbon tripod used, is there any reason to not consider these? submitted by /u/Seeking_Sooth

Which lenses should I sell? Or should I? Just looking for discussion, thoughts, and advice! Over the years of being an amateur hobbiest, I’ve collected a bunch of lenses that I thought would be useful at one point or another, but now I’m feeling like I have too many (specifically at the non-telephoto length) and I’m looking for thoughts on consolidation. Camera: Sony a6700 20mm 2.8 35…

Third party macro lenses for Canon R10? Hi all. Beginner here looking to get his first Camera for product photography (jewelries) For that i need a macro Lens for my R10. The Canon 100 macro Lens gets very good reviews but its rather expensive. I have seen that Tamron also make great macro lenses but i cant find our if third party lenses will fit on my Canon Camera? submitted by …

35mm suggestions $200 to $300 -have some lenses and accessories ? so, i inherited some stuff. namely a stand, battery, charger, light, and a Panasonic Lumix H-FS35100 lens. Its probably not worth a lot, but, i was thinking of getting a 35mm camera. i have had a couple in the past long ago. I do sing/play guitar and record video of myself sometimes, and i plan on a vacation to the Amazon, so a decent camera wou…

Best starter lenses? I am looking to get into photography, and was curious what some good start lenses are? Specifically ones compatible with the Canon Rebel series; I have a T3 at the moment. I only have the 18-55mm lense that came with the camera at the moment. Probably going to focus more on nature, animals, and skyline shots at the moment. Any help is appreciate…

35mm LTM Lenses? Hello. I wanted to see what some good budget 35mm lenses are for LTM mount. I recently got a Bessa R, and don’t mind using Russian lenses, I have a Jupiter-8 that I love. submitted by /u/Qwerty_Random

Any suggestions (i.e. lenses) or tips for the Pentax K-1 camera? For context, I have 0 photography experience and recently came into possession of this model after my dad gave it to me (he never used it). I’ve been leveraging ChatGPT to help me learn photography and all the complicated setting adjustments (and acronyms) that come with it. Can someone recommend me some ways to get started and learn? I’m also c…

What are some recommended lenses for portrait photography?(canon specifically) submitted by /u/IllustriousSail7130

Japan Travel Photos Lenses? Hello! I was hoping to get some input on which lens would be good to bring for when I visit Japan this year. My camera is an R7. The lenses I currently own are: Canon RF-S 18-45 4.5-6.3 Canon RF-S 55-210 5-7.1 Canon RF 50 1.8 Canon RF 24 1.8 Canon RF 100-400 Sigma 28 1.4 Art I’m thinking about purchasing either the Sigma RF 10-18 2.8 or the Sigm…