Wide-angle EF zoom lenses Versatility makes the wide-angle zoom lenses a very popular choice among beginner, amateur and professional photographers alike. Whether you are shooting close-ups or capturing the vast open sky, these lenses provide a variety of photographic options. When shooting large group indoors, you can rely on the wide-angle zoom lens to include everybody as well as the whole room. The main characteristics of wide-angle zoom lenses are of course their wider angle-of-view and perspective. From vast landscapes to indoor photography and snap shots to group photos, they provide a great deal of flexibility. It takes some techniques to comprehend the real value of wide-angle zooms but you'll find greater freedom of expression once they are used properly. One of the main benefits of the wide-angle zooms is the availability of the short focal length that gives you the ability to shoot photos with a wider view and exaggerated sense of perspective. You can emphasize the near-far relationships between the foreground and the background by including both elements in one photo. Telephoto EF zoom lenses Choose your favorite spots for shooting different images to create your own special compositions. You can easily accomplish this with any one of Canon's lightweight EF telephoto zoom lenses. Their flexibility allows you to shoot natural perspective medium telephoto shots or zoom in tight for selective framing. The shallow depth-of-field obtained with long focal lengths makes it easy to soften the background for portraits, and the built-in macro mechanism of certain EF zooms, allows you to get closer to capture a flower full frame. This broad focal length range offers optimum angles of view for many subjects and is easily used and well suited for action and snapshots. Portraits can be shot easily with telephoto zooms like the EF 55-20mm f/4.5-5.6 USM or the EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II lenses. And they can also be used to emphasize the facial expressions of two people speaking together or simply blur the background to give priority to a model's face. One of the major benefits of a telephoto zoom lens is that it allows very subtle and delicate portrait framing through its infinitely variable angles of view. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 .