Beginner's guide to telephoto lenses
Beginner's guide to telephoto lenses | ||
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It might be thought that long telephoto lenses would have little use for close-up and macro photography, but in fact they can be extremely useful for photographing inaccessible subjects, or keeping a reasonable distance from a nervous subject such as a dragonfly. Many telephoto lenses will focus reasonably close without any extra accessories, but they can be used in conjunction with close-up supplementary lenses or extension tubes to enable them to focus closer to the subject. Many insect photographers routinely use focal lengths of 200 mm or more to give a good working distance from the subject, while plant photographers use long lenses to isolate flowers from their backgrounds, for example. | ||