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How to Read This camera lens?
Hi, So when I see the details of a camera that always says things like this: 3.0x AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II lens But how can someone just understand perfectly? All I know is that the f-stop "f/3.5 – 5.6G, but everything else is blah blah to me. What have you read?
3.0X means it is a "3 times" zoom. 3 x 18 mm = 54 mm. Close enough. AF-S – Auto-focus, Silent wave motor approach contained within the lens itself DX – Lens format digital sensors that should not be used in full-frame cameras because the circle the image is clipped at the corners in a full frame sensor. 18-55mm zoom range is. With his Nikon D-whatever, is a range that covers from wide-angle mild to mild telephoto lens is a wide variety of general purpose. G – A Nikon lens without ring opening. The opening is controlled by a command dial on the body of the camera. The lens provides the distance information subject to the camera, useful for automatic flash setting. ED – Extra Low Dispersion glass, sharpen superior color reproduction II – This means that 18-55 is the second generation lens, the much-criticized update non-II lens. It is the one you want. Waiting … You did not mention "VR" and this is what you might prefer. VR stands for vibration reduction and well worth it. The lens will cost about $ 70 more, but it is money well spent. Just in case you are unclear on the specifications of opening, when a series is shown as well, tells the maximum opening the ends of the zoom. A 18mm f/3.5 maximum aperture is. At 55mm, the maximum aperture is f/5.6. In between focal lengths, it fits somewhere between these two openings directly proportional to the focal length selected. The same is true at the other end of the scale. A 18 mm, the minimum aperture is f/22. A 55 mm, F/38 Minimum opening. There you go. And I guarantee that this response is correct.
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