Nikon lens guide cheat sheets

Nikon Essential Lenses

Here's a neat glossary to help you remember what all the technology terms mean when it comes to choosing settings or buying a new lens

How to decide which camera lens to get next. A breakdown of several lens types and tips to choosing the right one for your needs.

Buying photography equipment for the first time is a daunting task. Useful guides exist to help beginners choose a good camera, but few newcomers realize that the camera itself is only the first of many pieces of equipment necessary to create a full setup for photography. In this guide, I will suggest a complete kit — everything from lens cloths to computer monitors — that will provide a beginner with high quality images (and room to grow) for a price of around 2000 US dollars.

Lenses

A camera is only as good as the lens that goes with it. So we'll explain everything about the different types of camera lenses, and why and when to use which!