Monday, December 13, 2010

LensHero

Well, so I got hit by a bug, the photography bug, and bought a refurbished Nikon DLSR.

But what does one do about lenses, the oft-forgotten critical part of photography hardware?

There are so many choices of lens: Wide-angle, telephoto, fixed, macro, fish-eye, tilt-shift, specialty.

Then there's the myriad manufacturers: Nikon, Canon, Sigma, Tamron.

With so much information on the internet, where does one start? Google doesn't provide clear answers.

Fortunately, there's lenshero.com

A simple site: type in your camera body model, select the type of lens you want, and your budget. That's it.

You get results which you can modify or filter if you wish.

Once you pick the lens, you have a link to a site that it selling it, and also compatibility with your DSLR camera body (DX vs FX) plus lens specifications.


Try it. Simple.