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Go Ultra-Broad with the AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR Lens

Westwardhy would you need a 10-20mm zoom lens? Well, because it offers a really ultra-broad-angle of view that you lot just tin can't get using the lens that came with your camera because its angle of view is wider than the eye can see. Many DSLR cameras come with a lens such as an 18-55mm, 18-140mm zoom or fifty-fifty xviii-300mm zoom. These lenses are versatile merely after shooting with one for a while you may find that you lot want to exist able to capture a wider view of a scene than the lens will let. Because this is a P series lens, when shooting video, its shine stepping motor keeps focusing noise to a minimum.

The AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.v-five.6G VR lens can get equally wide as a staggering 10mm bending of view. Images are incredibly sharp, even at the edges. Some other feature of the lens is that information technology lets y'all become as close as 8.6 inches to your field of study for dramatic looking photographs. This means you can become and then close to your subject that it can fill the frame—looking larger than other objects in the background that may be the same size.

The photographer placed the photographic camera low to the ground in this shot, filling the foreground.

© Tamara Lackey

The lensman placed the camera low to the ground in this shot, filling the foreground.

An ultra-broad bending lens lets yous capture all of the activeness, and the environs, similar these kids chasing after bubbles in the park.

© Tamara Lackey

An ultra-wide bending lens lets you capture all of the action, and the environment, like these kids chasing after bubbles in the park.

Tilt the lens downwards and include more than of the foreground; tilt the lens up and fill the frame with the sky.

Y'all can exaggerate the perspective of buildings or direct lines in a scene by using the 10-20mm lens because information technology has such an wide field of view, meaning information technology can capture a lot more than the kit lens that came with your camera.

Nikon's Vibration Reduction (VR) is incorporated into this lens. VR is prototype stabilization, which will assistance you get abrupt photos when you're handholding the camera.

A wide angle lens tin cause tall buildings to converge at their peaks, which ads drama to the image.

© Lindsay Silverman

A wide angle lens can cause alpine buildings to converge at their peaks, which ads drama to the image.

The AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-five.6G VR lens allowed the photographer to become close to the edge of the cliff and also include the village on the far side.

© Daniel Dohlus

The AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.v-v.6G VR lens allowed the photographer to get close to the edge of the cliff and also include the village on the far side.

The viewer's eye follows the trail of light from the cars into the frame and around the street; into the groundwork where the pinpoints of light and their reflections on the h2o bring you back to the foreground.

© Daniel Dohlus

The viewer'south eye follows the trail of light from the cars into the frame and around the street; into the groundwork where the pinpoints of light and their reflections on the water bring you back to the foreground.

If you honey to travel and take pictures of sweeping landscapes or cityscapes then the 10-20mm lens might exist what you're looking for. An ultra-wide-angle lens is also ideal for taking pictures of large groups of people since they let you to stay fairly close to the grouping yet even so get everybody into the shot. Do you like taking photos of interiors? An ultra-wide-angle will let you capture an entire room in one shot and if the space is on the smaller size, yous can make pictures that you lot otherwise would not be able to create with a longer focal length lens.

Wide-angle lenses are oft the choice of photojournalists because they can capture a subject in his/her surroundings and be able to tell as story with a single image. If you enjoy documenting the life around you, the 10-20mm zoom might exist a good selection.

A fun style to use the close focus capability of the 10-20mm lens is to get really shut to a portion of your subject to the signal that what is closest to the camera is exaggerated and looks larger than life. Depending upon what your subject is, this can simply put an emphasis on a portion of the image or brand it look huge equally compared to the residuum of the subject.

The AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR lens will permit y'all focus close to your bailiwick to emphasize its importance in the photograph.

© Tamara Lackey

The AF-P DX NIKKOR ten-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR lens will allow you focus close to your subject field to emphasize its importance in the photo.

For the avid travel, nature or landscape enthusiast, the AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/four.5-5.6G VR is the ideal companion to your kit lens, allowing yous to make unique photographs that the camera's kit lens just can't exercise.

The boats in the foreground stand out every bit the main subject while the residual of the boats and buildings of the harbor fill the background.

© Daniel Dohlus

The boats in the foreground stand up out as the main subject while the rest of the boats and buildings of the harbor fill the groundwork.

10 Out of the Ordinary Shots You Can Brand with the 10-20mm Zoom Lens

  • Exaggerate the perspective of buildings or other straight lines

  • Get so close to your subject that it becomes exaggerated and looks larger than life

  • Intentionally bring flare from the sun or some other big calorie-free source into an image

  • Become low to the basis and include lots of foreground for an interesting shot

  • Tell an entire story with only 1 shot—capturing your subject field and her/his surroundings

  • Testify the vast openness of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes

  • Fill the frame with dramatic skies

  • Employ the foreground surface area for added drama

  • Photograph an entire building or interior room—whether the buildings are large or the rooms small.

  • Photograph large groups of people. Remember though, not to place anyone right on the edges of the frame when zoomed out to 10mm to keep from distorting their bodies.

Dramatic skies filled with clouds aid to show only how vast this landscape is.

© Lindsay Silverman

Dramatic skies filled with clouds help to show simply how vast this mural is.

Getting close to your subject places emphasis on what y'all desire your viewer to focus on.

© Lindsay Silverman

Getting close to your subject area places emphasis on what you lot want your viewer to focus on.

Placing the horizon line in the top tertiary of the image (where the trees run across the water) adds emphasis to the foreground.

© Lindsay Silverman

Placing the horizon line in the top third of the prototype (where the trees meet the water) adds accent to the foreground.

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