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<blockquote data-quote="Village Idiot" data-source="post: 569503" data-attributes="member: 29446"><p>First of all, we have to know what type of camera you want the lens for. If you have an Olympus E-510 and I tell you that a Canon 85MM f/1.8 is a good lens, you'll be buying a nice paper weight.</p><p></p><p>The 18-55mm is the focal length. The lower the number, the wider the view, the larger the number, the more zoom. Nikon makes an 18-200. It's a general purpose lens that zoome from wide to very close. Also, the more "zoom" a lens has, it's generally accepted that the IQ won't be as sharp. There are also prime lenses, like 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm, etc... These lenses usually have a wider aperture and have a shallow depth of field and can take pictures better in the dark. They're also seen as having superior IQ to most zoome lenses.</p><p></p><p>There are exceptions in any case, like the Canon 70-200 f/2.8L looking better than the Canon 50mm f/1.8, then again one of those cost over $1000 while the other one is around $80.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Village Idiot, post: 569503, member: 29446"] First of all, we have to know what type of camera you want the lens for. If you have an Olympus E-510 and I tell you that a Canon 85MM f/1.8 is a good lens, you'll be buying a nice paper weight. The 18-55mm is the focal length. The lower the number, the wider the view, the larger the number, the more zoom. Nikon makes an 18-200. It's a general purpose lens that zoome from wide to very close. Also, the more "zoom" a lens has, it's generally accepted that the IQ won't be as sharp. There are also prime lenses, like 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm, etc... These lenses usually have a wider aperture and have a shallow depth of field and can take pictures better in the dark. They're also seen as having superior IQ to most zoome lenses. There are exceptions in any case, like the Canon 70-200 f/2.8L looking better than the Canon 50mm f/1.8, then again one of those cost over $1000 while the other one is around $80. [/QUOTE]
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