Best Telezoom

You use a telephoto lens when you want to bring distant objects close up. Typical motifs are shy animals or sporting events that you can only approach up to a certain point. But with a telezoom you can also take very nice portraits. Due to the long focal length, the background is blurred in a pleasant blur, while the focused portrait is captured very sharply. For each camera system, telezoom lenses are available as accessories in various configurations. In photography, the term telezoom is used when the focal length is greater than the so-called normal focal length. The normal focal length corresponds to the area that the eye sees when the photographer looks through the lens. With a classic full-frame sensor, the normal focal length is 50 mm. For APSC sensors used in most SLR and system cameras for hobby photographers, the normal focal length is 30 mm due to the smaller sensor. The tele range starts above this value. The largest range of telezoom lenses is available in the range from 80 to 300 mm. For SLR cameras you can buy lenses that work with a focal length of 1000 mm and more. These models, however, are reserved for professional photographers solely because of their price. When purchasing the lenses, you have the choice between fixed focal length telephoto lenses and telephoto zoom lenses. The fixed focal length is usually fast and provides a very good image quality. However, you are not very flexible in your choice of recording location. A telezoom combines several long focal lengths in one lens. You don’t have to change your location, but you can adjust the image section by turning the lens. This has the advantage that you are very flexible when choosing your motifs. The disadvantage, however, lies in the low luminous intensity. Powerful telezooms are very expensive and they have a very high weight. As a rule, only professional photographers make this investment.

For the hobby photographer, telezooms were developed for the inexpensive entry level, which deliver a very good image quality. The standard range is 55 – 250 mm. You can get such a lens for the EOS system from Canon, for example. The EF-S 55 – 250 mm fits all EOS cameras with APSC sensor. It has an optical image stabilizer. A special technology called STM ensures that the zoom runs smoothly during video shooting. The lens is light and compact and you get a very good travel zoom from Tamron. This is a lens manufacturer that does not develop its own cameras. The Tamron 16 – 300 mm is a so-called Immerdrauf lens. You can take wide-angle shots with a short focal length of 16 mm or bring the subject up close with 300 mm focal length in one turn. The lens convinces with its low weight. It is available for Canon, Nikon and Sony SLR cameras.