Books About Photographic Lenses

Identifying Leica Lenses: The Complete Pocket Guide to Buying and Selling Leica Lenses Like an Expert

Magic Lantern Guides: NIKON Lenses - Moose Peterson - The newest version of one of the better books ever created about selecting and using all the different types of Nikon lenses! Starting out with useful definitions on terminology, basic information on focal lengths and angles of view, plus tips on caring for the lenses, a hard to beat manual that shows you photographers tricks on using fisheyes, wide angles, ultra wides, plus normal lenses (including correct handholding techniques), telephoto lenses, super telephotos, zoom lenses, specialty lens, tele-converters, and classic lenses.  New Article Feb 22, 2011

Photographic Lenses: Photographer's Guide to
Characteristics, Quality, Use and Design

The lens mounted on the camera greatly influences, the the image quality created by any camera and is essential to any major selection of a camera system and lens for significant work. This guide provides an all inclusive, devoted handling of all categories of camera lenses for all varieties of cameras, including digitals. Updated Article Feb 10, 2011

Quick Snap DSLR Lens Guide - David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Using Digital SLR Lenses" Is just the book when you're ready to venture out past just the bare essentials with your DSLR camera but aren't quite which interchangeable camera lens to buy and just as important, when and how to use every lens? The author provides focused, concise details and technique on using different lenses to capture great photos. Updated Article Feb 14, 2011

Sigma Lenses: Series: The Expanded Guide Series - This book explores the huge selection of Sigma lenses available for both DSLR and SLR cameras and talks about how precise engineering assists photographers in maximizing their creative abilities by fulfilling the complete potential of the photography equipment. Information is provided on lenses which include macro,, normal, and wide angle varieties, to unique lenses including aspherical ASP versions that offer extraordinary optical performance in compact dimensions, APO types that diminish color aberrations, to the OS versions that counteract camera shake. New Article Feb 11, 2011

Telephoto Lens Photography
Enlightening reading addressing the attributes that telephoto lenses possess. These characteristic, like depth of field, , angle of view, and perspective are discussed in detail along with how to use them to compose a photo. The author talks about Lens construction as well as tele-converters and their benefits are discussed. Shooting using telephoto lens is then employed to such areas as landscapes, sports, wildlife, portraits, and close up shots yet as a substitute for macro lenses. New Article Feb 11, 2011