Fast, Wide-angle Lenses

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast we take a look at wide-aperture, wide-angle lenses. With our guest, Neil Gershman, a lens expert from the B&H Superstore, we touch upon the history of wide-angle lenses, their design and general applications, and then we discuss some pros and cons of wide-angle lenses with maximum apertures wider than f/2. Given the market demand and the technical capability, lens manufacturers have been introducing wide-angle prime and even zoom lenses with maximum apertures designed for better performance in low light and greater control of depth of field. We will discuss many of these newest lenses from Sigma, Nikon, and Canon and provide a run-down of all the fast aperture wide-angle lenses available from B&H. Join us for this educational episode.

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Some of the gear discussed in this episode:

Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM Lens

Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon EF

Guest: Neil Gershman

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and more.
0:09.6	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the B&H app to
0:15.4	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.6	Now here's your host, Alan White's.
0:20.4	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Gearcast!
0:24.1	Today, John Harrison and I, along with Jason Tables, will be discussing fast, wide aperture,
0:29.8	wide angle lenses.
0:31.8	Also joining us is Neil Gershman, one of our top pro sales associates in the B&H Superstore,
0:37.6	who some of you might know as that guy at the pro counter who really knows his stuff.
0:42.8	The first part of the show, we're going to define wide angle lenses, wide focal length,
0:46.8	a start, why you'd want a wider aperture faster, wide and ultra wide angle lens.
0:52.8	Talk about some of the applications, who uses them, why they would need them.
0:56.8	We're going to take a short break, we're going to come back and then talk about the lenses
1:00.3	that are available, and we have hundreds of them here from 35mm down to 14mm, all of them
1:06.7	F2 or faster.
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1:14.6	our break and subscribe.
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1:20.8	on.
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