10 Best Camera Lenses for Aperture
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Out of thousands of reviews for 175 products, over 500 people recommended Camera Lenses specifically for Aperture. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Canon Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens
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22 People Recommend
"if you look through it you can see allot of glass which tells you it has a wide aperture and consequently its much heavier than the kit lens or 50mm lens.…" - Amazon.com User "at f/1.8 it takes wonderful photos indoors without the need for a flash and the wide aperture and slight telephoto allow for excellent portraits.…" - Amazon.com User "and since you can shoot with such a wide open aperture, you'll catch the moments when they happen without it blurring away from a too-slow shutter speed or a bright flash of blinding light!…" - Amazon.com User |
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Lens
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$365 - $764
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20 People Recommend
"i was looking for a clean, sharp lens with an aperture of f/2.8 and this fits the bill.…" - Adorama.com User "honestly, i got it for it's price, i wanted the wa and constant aperture and couldn't afford canon 17-55 at the time.…" - Adorama.com User "but still maintains a constant 2.8 aperture.…" - Bhphotovideo.com User |
Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom Lens
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$896 - $1,530
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7 People Recommend
"other than some moderate barrel distortion at the wide end (i use it a lot for buildings, urban scenes, have to correct it in photoshop) and a little color at wide apertures, this lens seems…" - Adorama.com User "fast, silent, well built, and with an aperture that will allow photography in lighting conditions that would have most other lens users reaching for the flash.…" - Amazon.com User "then you get creative with the aperture wide open and it delivers beautiful creamy blurred backgrounds while your subjects are in perfect detail.…" - Amazon.com User |
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC
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$339 - $399
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6 People Recommend
"the sigma af 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 gives you a much better range than the canon kit lens and at much faster apertures.…" - Buydig.com User "apertures and all focal lengths.…" - Bhphotovideo.com User "level at f8.0 and close at most other apertures.…" - Bhphotovideo.com User |
Canon EF 70-200mm 1:4L USM Lens
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$979 - $1,361
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6 People Recommend
"for my use, this new f/4 is lens is the perfect thing, as i mostly tend to operate at apertures in the f/5.6 - f/13 anyway.…" - "Scandiman" at Adorama.com "also recommend getting the 1.4 extender, which gives you an effective zoom of almost 300mm, but beware that it takes the max aperture setting back to f/5.6.…" - Amazon.com User "this is exceptional lens with perfect performance in any aspect at any aperture (f/4 to f/16 is what i'm interested in).…" - Amazon.com User |
Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor Lens
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$747 - $1,000
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6 People Recommend
"it's sharp and fast in terms of aperture and auto-focus speed, and it works great with portrait and small objects.…" - Buydig.com User "up close and for sure when using the wider apertures depth of field is so brief that you need to stop down to capture the breadth of a bumble bee or the center of a flower completely in focus.…" - Buydig.com User "lens contrast has improved immensely with the new nano crystal coat multicoating, virtually eliminating flare at all apertures from internal lens element reflections, especially wide open at f2.8;…" - Amazon.com User |
Tamron Zoom Wide Angle SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical Autofocus Lens
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$368 - $450
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5 People Recommend
"the 2.8 max aperture is excellent, especially when paired with the camera-housed image stabilization in the sony alpha.…" - Amazon.com User "the f/2.8 minimum aperture across the len's focal length range in combined with my sony's a100 image stabilization to allow me to obtain many great low light shots that otherwise would not have been…" - Amazon.com User "very sharp at all apertures, good results wide open. …" - Adorama.com User |
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Lens
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$1,350 - $1,800
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4 People Recommend
"i bought this lens for the f/1.2 aperture, considering that i have a 50mm 1.8 and was very happy with it, it was time to somehow invest into something much better.…" - Amazon.com User "i hope i'm right and i hear that i may need different focus screens for the 5d for wider apertures.…" - Amazon.com User "having also read in forums that the f1.2 was supposedly sharper at the larger apertures, which i planned to mainly shoot at, i chose the f1.2.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Lens
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$1,995 - $2,000
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4 People Recommend
"you can get some wonderfully artistic shots with it's f2.0 aperture- it has a beautiful bokeh (the artistic appearance of the out of focus background on a shot with small depth of field)!…" - Adorama.com User "for example, in at least one review, i read that the 50mm lens was as fine a performer as the venerable leica 50mm summicron m lens, with excellent contrast and resolution at all apertures,…" - Amazon.com User "the other advantage of the large aperture is that it allows you to take faster exposurses in low-light situations.…" - Amazon.com User |
Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
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$437 - $520
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3 People Recommend
"as a photography student i've been tasked with assignments requiring a lens with close up capability and a wide aperture.…" - "Eric Lepke" at Bhphotovideo.com "apparently quite similar to the sony alpha 100, the camera has difficulty autofocussing the 75-300 lens at the 300 mm setting (where the aperture is only f/5.6) in light weaker than direct sunlight.…" - Amazon.com User "the high-speed flash synch is a blessing to anyone wishing to do outdoor portraits, and wishing to use a large aperture to put the background out of focus.…" - Amazon.com User |
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