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The Complete Roundup of Lens Guides Written by the Phoblographer Staff

Chris Gampat
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03/23/2012
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Here on The Phoblographer, we’ve published lots of stories on lenses. There are all the lenses we have reviewed in our Reviews Index, but then there are other specific guides that we’ve put together. For those of you that are content with your camera, here’s a complete round up of all our lens guides published so far.

And if you have any requests, please let us know in the comments below.

General

The Best Budget Lenses: This one is so popular it made Gizmodo and has been one of our most popular postings of all time.

Battle of the Street Photography Focal Lengths: Though this post is highly subjective, I do go in and talk about the pros and cons of various prime lenses that are popular with the Street Photography crowd.

Canon

The Canon Photographer’s Guide to Upgrading Your Equipment (Lenses): For the Canon photographer looking to upgrade their lenses, here’s where to look.

Canon 85mm f1.2 L II vs Sigma 85mm f1.4 EX: Take a look at who won this battle.

Is the “L” Worth it? Series: In this series of posts, Mike Pouliot compares the Canon 100mm f2.8 L and it’s much more affordable older brother to see whether or not the red ring really makes a difference.

The Phoblographer’s Guide to the Right Canon Lens for You: I’ve held more Canon lenses then I can even remember. But these are the most memorable.

The Dream Team (The Right Nikon Lens For You): We’ve developed an entire guide for the site’s audience on getting the right Nikon lens for themselves and ensure that they’re going to be happy with their purchase.

Canon 50mm f1.4 or Canon 85mm f1.8 for portraits: This post is fairly self-explanatory.

Sigma 85mm f1.4 vs Canon 85mm f1.8 for portraits: The results may shock you in this one.

Micro Four Thirds

Recommended CCTV Primes for Micro Four Thirds Cameras: Digg small, fast aperture lenses? Well, you’re in luck.

Ugrading Your Micro Four Thirds Camera System: I spend quite a bit of time talking about getting the right glass in this post.

Sony

The Best Lenses for Sony Alpha DSLRs under $300: I’d be a fool to leave out the Sony crowd. Indeed, you have a wonderful camera system.

Nikon

Lens Therapy: Nikon DX Lenses for under $300: We can’t leave Nikon out either.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.