Photography is full of fancy terms and complicated science, but we are here to explain it all to you in simpler terms. Today we are focusing on focal length. This term gets thrown around often, ...

I grew up with film SLRs (full-frame, of course), and the rule of thumb was "the slowest shutter speed you should try to hand-hold is 1/your lens focal length in mm." e.g. 1/50 sec for a 50 mm lens.

The following lesson was created by Vimeo for its Vimeo Video School. It's used here with permission. Look for a new lesson each week. Crop factor might sound like some sort of agricultural term, but ...

The ratio of the focal length of a digital camera lens to a 35mm still camera lens. The crop factor is used by experienced photographers, who want to know the field of view of a lens on a digital ...

If you’re in the market for an interchangeable lens camera, you’ve probably heard the term “crop factor” thrown about in reference to different formats. Basically, crop factor refers to how the ...

Photographers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in learning more details about the new high-quality Raspberry Pi camera lenses may be interested in a new guide created by Dylan Herrada over at ...

Most consumer point and shoot digital cameras say something like, "5x optical zoom," or "9x optical zoom" on the box. But, when you move up to micro-4/3s and SLRs, you lose that. It makes sense - the ...

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Have you ever noticed how camera shake is much more prevalent at longer focal lengths? This is because the narrower field of view amplifies even micro-movements of the camera, which means shutter ...

The Canon EOS 90D makes your lenses longer and gives you a staggering number of pixels to play with, making it ideal for wildlife. Why you can trust Live Science Our expert reviewers spend hours ...