Best Camera Lenses for Nature

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Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM

$994.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
unfortunately i had to shoot through a dirty window, and it was pretty hazy, so the shots aren't that great but i don't blame the lens, the shots are better than anybody else got.
from www.amazon.com
i also took advantage of the amazon special priced nikon d300-sigma lens combo, which made it an irresistable deal.
from www.amazon.com
i would highly recommend this lens to anyone involved in sports or nature photography.
from www.amazon.com
i just purchased this lens from amazon.
from www.amazon.com
i really enjoy shooting wildlife and landscape and this lens really fills the bill.

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Positives: Good Zoom, Lightweight, Good Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

2 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for NATURE

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro Zoom Lens

$760.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
with amazon's great customer service, if the lens doesn't work out send it back.
from www.amazon.com
first product didnt work out but amazon refunded everything asap and i reorder and this time everything was excellent,great product,great price, great customer service
from www.amazon.com
i didn't do all my homework before purchaseing that lens and found that the sony version did not have the seals (for dust, weather, moisture) that the sigma has.
from www.amazon.com
you have to hold this lens steady or use a tripod, but the results are very sharp and contrasty, colors are very natural.
from www.amazon.com
it produces colors that are very rich and natural.

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Positives: Nice Zoom, Good Image Stabilization, Lightweight, Zoom Lens

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for NATURE

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM AF Lens

$785.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
with amazon's great customer service, if the lens doesn't work out send it back.
from www.amazon.com
first product didnt work out but amazon refunded everything asap and i reorder and this time everything was excellent,great product,great price, great customer service
from www.amazon.com
it does zoom and catch focus fairly well, but you should be adept at changing focus points or switching to manual if you are picking out subjects in wooded areas etc.
from www.amazon.com
i didn't do all my homework before purchaseing that lens and found that the sony version did not have the seals (for dust, weather, moisture) that the sigma has.
from www.amazon.com
it produces colors that are very rich and natural.

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Positives: Good Zoom, Nice Image Stabilization, Lightweight, Zoom Lens

4 RECOMMENDED by 13 people for NATURE

70-300mm 1:4.0-5.6 ED Lens

$367.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i purchased this lens four months ago for my e-520 for moon shots at the first, then wound up using it for much more, particularly nature photography.
from www.amazon.com
i ordered my lens from amazon and got it on time and the order process was very easy.
from www.amazon.com
it makes a nice portrait lens at 70mm, it seems to do a better job with shortening the depth-of-field compared to the 40-150.
from www.amazon.com
bought an olympus 70-300mm lens last week from amazon and put it through some tests on an e-510 yesterday and today.
from www.amazon.com
couldn't be happier with both amazon and this lens

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Positives: Great Zoom, Excellent Affordability, Excellent Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

5 RECOMMENDED by 15 people for NATURE

Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8G Lens

$225.00 Est. at Amazon

from "BBQ Judge Steve", www1.wolfcamera.com
this turned out to be great just for scenes in daylight too: even if i get a corner of someones head, the high quality images can be zoomed and cropped for what you really want!
from "Old Pete", www1.wolfcamera.com
works well for just about everything i have tried, from flowers and landscapes to nieces and nephew playing.
from "Matt", www.ritzcamera.com
very natural lighting and color in the pictures with minimum effort and setting tweaks.
from www.amazon.com
amazon taunted me, b&h teased me, and my local camera shops didn't exactly sooth my fear that it would be months before i could get my hand on one.
from www.amazon.com
i even had all the lights turned off in the basement and took photos of my son, and wow,it gave nice, natural tones to his skin and his eyes are amazing in the photos.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Good Image Stabilization, Lightweight, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM SLR Lens

$250.00 Est. at Amazon

from "Ray", www1.wolfcamera.com
family, sporting events, scenery, etc.
from "pizzakid56", www1.wolfcamera.com
great for landscapes, and taking pictures of animals ex.
from www.amazon.com
it doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart, and it's featherweight which has advantages if you're out somewhere with your camera around your neck for long periods of time.
from www.amazon.com
before my trip, i decided to buy this lens from amazon and use it as an all-around lens for the trip.
from www.amazon.com
if this lens falls where your budget lies, then buy it and enjoy!

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Positives: Good Affordability, Great Image Quality, Lightweight

Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED IF SDM Lens

$1,424.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
all my expectations and then some.....posted pictures on flickr next day....pentax has done a good job with this lens...will probably buy da*16-50 f2.8 next...service from amazon was great
from www.amazon.com
i had to photograph the ujena bikini jam in puerto vallarta, mexico and knew that i needed the benefits of a tightly sealed, weather proof lens because of the intense humidity.
from www.amazon.com
amazon sent a replacement before i even got a chance to ship the bad one back, so i had a few days to play with both to make sure the first was actually bad and it was.
from www.amazon.com
on the other hand, the weather sealing is evident, the focusing ring is large, and all lens motion is internal.
from www.amazon.com
another awesome quality of this lens is the weather sealing.

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Positives: Nice Image Stabilization, Good Focus, Lightweight, Focal Length: 50mm - 135mm

Canon EF-S 55-250mm AF Lens

$335.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i love this lens for the money and it came right away hassle free from amazon.com.
from www.amazon.com
the only time i found it slow to focus is in very low light, low contrast scenes, with the lens zoomed past 200mm.
from www.amazon.com
it keeps me from carrying an extra lens when i know i will be shooting at the longer end but i still have the freedom to zoom out a bit to get more landscape if the moment strikes me.
from www.amazon.com
amazon adveritize this product as "$400.00 $299.99 7 used & new from $287.00"
from www.amazon.com
get the 18-200mm so you do not have to keep switching lens from wide to zoom and from indoor to landscape.

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Positives: Nice Zoom, Excellent Affordability, Good Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

PENTAX SMC P-DA 16-50 f/2.8 ED ALSDM

PENTAX SMC P-DA 16-50 f/2.8 ED AL(IF)SDM

$1,108.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the weather-resistant sealing really works, as the lens held up in wet (colorado river) and dusty (antelope canyon, arizona) conditions.
from www.amazon.com
i've been using the sigma 18-50mm f2.8, and upgraded to the pentax because of the sdm, the wider wide angle, and the weather resistance, and i don't regret it.
from www.amazon.com
i feel as though this lens is able to render scenes in ways that make them 'pop,' even when there isn't anything particularly special about the scene.
from www.amazon.com
well worth the price at full price through pentax, amazon has been giving this lens away, so even better.
from www.amazon.com
on the other hand, the weather sealing is evident and the focusing ring is large.

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Good Zoom, Excellent Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

Pentax SMCP-67 55mm f/4 Lens

$540.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
my wife also bought a 70-300 sigma telephoto lens through amazon and it too works perfectly.
from www.amazon.com
i grew up using the pentax k1000 film cameras, so it was natural for me to move up to the pentax k100d slr digital cameras.
from www.amazon.com
i love this camera and even though i have a k200d for the weather sealing and larger burst capacity, the k100d super is the camera i always take with me in trips.
from www.amazon.com
several weeks ago, i purchased the pentax k100d super here on amazon, after doing lots of research here and on other sites.
from www.amazon.com
then you find yourself reading too many publication reviews (and more, like posts here on amazon) and you lean one way, then the next, and finally start getting crazy.

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Positives: Lightweight, Excellent Image Quality, Great Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Pentax DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 ED

$580.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it will produce excellent picture quality and at an affordable price for amateur photo shooting - we paid $429.00 through amazon from willoughbly's for this lens - pentax got this one just right!
from www.amazon.com
if you shoot mostly outdoors with ample natural light this is pretty much the lens to get if you want a quality lens with a good price to performance ratio.
from www.amazon.com
i take mostly landscape and wild life shots, so wide angle and zoom are important to me.
from www.amazon.com
i have been able to get everything from dramatic landscapes to insect macros to zoomed in moon shots.
from www.amazon.com
first i have been very happy with the pentax line of equipment in general and the weather proofing in particular.

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Positives: Excellent Zoom, Lightweight, Good Affordability, Zoom Lens

Lensbabies Lensbaby The Composer

$260.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
but for creative portraits, some neat landscapes and closeups, it adds a bit of fun and creativity back into shooting.
from www.amazon.com
easy to attach to my canon 20d and the pictures produce really great bokehs and depth of field!
from www.amazon.com
how can you possibly put your stamp on the scene around you?
from www.amazon.com
the composer is a portraitist's, party photographer's, and street photographer's dream!

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Positives: Good Image Stabilization, Great Focus, Nice Detail, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Lensbabies Lensbaby The Composer

$270.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
but for creative portraits, some neat landscapes and closeups, it adds a bit of fun and creativity back into shooting.
from www.amazon.com
easy to attach to my canon 20d and the pictures produce really great bokehs and depth of field!
from www.amazon.com
the composer is a portraitist's, party photographer's, and street photographer's dream!
from www.amazon.com
how can you possibly put your stamp on the scene around you?

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Positives: Good Image Stabilization, Excellent Focus, Good Detail

Lensbabies Lensbaby The Composer

$260.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
but for creative portraits, some neat landscapes and closeups, it adds a bit of fun and creativity back into shooting.
from www.amazon.com
easy to attach to my canon 20d and the pictures produce really great bokehs and depth of field!
from www.amazon.com
the composer is a portraitist's, party photographer's, and street photographer's dream!
from www.amazon.com
how can you possibly put your stamp on the scene around you?

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Positives: Great Image Stabilization, Great Focus, Great Detail

Lensbabies Lensbaby Composer Special Effects SLR Lens

$270.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
but for creative portraits, some neat landscapes and closeups, it adds a bit of fun and creativity back into shooting.
from www.amazon.com
easy to attach to my canon 20d and the pictures produce really great bokehs and depth of field!
from www.amazon.com
how can you possibly put your stamp on the scene around you?
from www.amazon.com
the composer is a portraitist's, party photographer's, and street photographer's dream!

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Positives: Nice Image Stabilization, Excellent Focus, Nice Detail, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS Lens

$715.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
i was able to take the right scene and momentum, widening or closing the zoom on at my kids.
from www.bestbuy.com
depth of field is good in whatever you are trying to do.
from www.amazon.com
in low light or wider-angle scenery shots, this lens is not as sharp as my 17-55mm f/2.8.
from www.amazon.com
being able to go from extreme wideangle to semi-extreme telephoto in one lens, during one through-the-camera viewing of a scene, allows me a degree of creative freedom i never had before.
from www.amazon.com
amazon shipped it quick and easy.

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Positives: Great Zoom, Lightweight, Nice Focus, Zoom Lens

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Lens

$2,033.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
when i ran across this lens on amazon, i thought it would have the same mixed reviews as other sources filled with people that don't actually take pictures.
from www.amazon.com
i now have every confidence that my lens works how it's supposed to, but i still need to be careful about depth of field.
from www.amazon.com
amazon.com said "usually ships within 1-2 months" for this lens however they shipped my order of this lens within a couple of days after i placed the order, nice!
from www.amazon.com
many users may have problems using the lens stopped wide open or nearly wide open, due to the extremely shallow depth of field, and this is an important consideration.
from www.amazon.com
at 1.2 you need to focus carefully as there is virtually no depth of field.

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Positives: Nice Image Quality, Nice Image Stabilization, Excellent Focus, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM LENS f/SONY/MIN 310205

$487.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is sigma premium prime lens ($475 street) the build quality of this lens is very sturdy.
from www.amazon.com
i had purchased this product, sigma 50 1.4, in november,from amazon.
from www.amazon.com
if you send it back to amazon for another one, you're likely to have the same problem and it's also likely to take the same amount of time.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this lens about 3 weeks to take pictures of my new granddaughter in natural light.
from www.amazon.com
the second main advantage is that wider aperture reduces depth of field or focus range.

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Positives: Good Image Stabilization, Excellent Focus, Nice Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Lens

$499.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is sigma premium prime lens ($475 street) the build quality of this lens is very sturdy.
from www.amazon.com
i had purchased this product, sigma 50 1.4, in november,from amazon.
from www.amazon.com
if you send it back to amazon for another one, you're likely to have the same problem and it's also likely to take the same amount of time.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this lens about 3 weeks to take pictures of my new granddaughter in natural light.
from www.amazon.com
other than close distances, the 50-60 feet shots were all i tried; the plane of the focus point wasn't within the depth of field until about f5.6.

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Positives: Great Image Stabilization, Good Focus, Great Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Sigma SMC-A 50mm f/1.4

$487.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is sigma premium prime lens ($475 street) the build quality of this lens is very sturdy.
from www.amazon.com
i had purchased this product, sigma 50 1.4, in november,from amazon.
from www.amazon.com
if you send it back to amazon for another one, you're likely to have the same problem and it's also likely to take the same amount of time.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this lens about 3 weeks to take pictures of my new granddaughter in natural light.
from www.amazon.com
when first introduced the sigma had a street price of $500 and the canon $325.

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Positives: Good Focus, Great Affordability, Excellent Image Quality, Focal Length: 50mm

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Best Camera Lenses for Nature

Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro Zoom Lens

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM AF Lens

70-300mm 1:4.0-5.6 ED Lens

Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8G Lens

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM SLR Lens

Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED IF SDM Lens

Canon EF-S 55-250mm AF Lens

PENTAX SMC P-DA 16-50 f/2.8 ED ALSDM

Pentax SMCP-67 55mm f/4 Lens

Pentax DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 ED

Lensbabies Lensbaby The Composer

Lensbabies Lensbaby The Composer

Lensbabies Lensbaby The Composer

Lensbabies Lensbaby Composer Special Effects SLR Lens

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS Lens

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Lens

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM LENS f/SONY/MIN 310205

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Lens

Sigma SMC-A 50mm f/1.4

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