What's an all-round lens and why should you choose one?
What's an all-round lens?
An all-round lens is a versatile lens, as the name suggest. This type of lenses have a variable focal length. With the focal length, you can decide how close you bring your subject. The smaller the focal length, the more zoomed out the images is. A larger focal length makes sure you can bring the image closer. With an all-round lens, you can go both ways by zooming. This way, you don't have to bring multiple lenses when you take photos.
Which types of lenses are there?
There are different types of all-round lenses for mirrorless and SLR cameras. The variability in focal length varies a lot. There are lenses with a focal length of 16-300mm and those with 70-200mm. The 18-55mm lens is regarded as a standard beginner zoom lens. With an 18-135mm lens, you have a bigger range, so you don't have to change your lens often.
What do you photograph with it=
With an all-round lens, you can take photos of all sorts of subjects. This makes this lens very useful. If you choose a 24-70mm lens, you can take photos of wide landscapes and nice portraits. With an 18-200mm all-round lens, you'll have a wide image angle and a large zoom range. This allows you to take photos of your surroundings and far-away details.
When should you choose an all-round lens?
Choose an all-round lens when you want to use 1 lens for many different types of photography. In addition, you can choose this lens because it's easy to take with you. Note: a lightweight all-round lens with a large zoom range loses some quality in the glass. The photos you take with these lenses lose some quality. Professional all-round lenses are often made of quality glass, which makes them very good, but also very expensive and heavy.
