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Pancake Lens
Compact and flat lens; lightweight; good image quality; used for casual and travel photography.
Telephoto Lens
Long focal length; magnifies distant subjects; used for sports, wildlife, and astrophotography.
Fish-Eye Lens
Ultra-wide-angle lens; produces a spherical distortion; used artistically in skateboarding, music videos, and panoramas.
Zoom Lens
Variable focal length; offers versatility; commonly used in sports and wildlife photography.
Prime Lens
Fixed focal length; sharper images with wider apertures; typically used for portraits and street photography.
Standard Lens
Mid-range focal length; mimics human eye perspective; used for a variety of photography types including portraits and everyday shots.
Portrait Lens
Medium telephoto lenses, such as 85mm; produces pleasing background blur; used for portrait and fashion photography.
Macro Lens
Designed for extreme close-ups; high magnification; used for detailed shots of small subjects, like insects and flowers.
Aspherical Lens
Uses aspherical elements to reduce spherical aberration and distortion; better edge-to-edge sharpness; used in various types of lenses.
Wide-Angle Lens
Short focal length; broad field of view; used for landscapes, architecture, and interior photography.
Infrared Lens
Specially coated or designed for infrared photography; blocks visible light; creates ethereal and unique images, often in black and white.
Super Telephoto Lens
Extremely long focal length; captures subjects at great distances; used for birding, sports, and wildlife photography.
Mirror Lens
Compact, reflex design; fixed aperture; produces donut-shaped bokeh; used for budget-friendly alternatives to large telephoto lenses.
Tilt-Shift Lens
Allows for tilt and shift movements; corrects perspective and depth of field; used in architecture and landscape photography.
Cinema Lens
Optimized for video; smooth aperture and focus control; consistent image quality across varying apertures; used in filmmaking and video production.
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