All You Need Is… One Lens + a Phone Camera

Let’s get right to it. Here’s the snapshot of what lenses I keep in my camera bag, ordered by focal length: <ul> <li>300+ mm — Ideal for nature.</li> <li>85mm — Ideal for portraits.</li> <li>35mm — Ideal for street.</li> <li>*12–24mm — Ideal for landscape.</li> </ul> *Software assisted panorama is also ideal for landscape, no matter the focal length. <h2>Whittling Down the Selection, and Weight of your Camera Bag</h2> In a pinch, you could scrap the 85mm. This camera stuff ain’t cheap, after all (a good camera body will set you back $1k or more, and the same goes for each lens). You get absolutely gorgeous portraits with any focal length north of 85mm — yes, even at 300mm. The downside is that the longer the focal length, the further from your subject you must stand, AND the heavier the lens. It’s a lot of glass inside a 300mm lens. What’s more: Most of you are already walking around with a powerful camera in your pocket. Your phone likely has a native focal length of between 22–28mm (the iPhone 13 has a native focal length of 26mm, the Samsung Galaxy has a native focal length of 23mm). You can approximate a 35mm lens by zooming 1.3x. And this approach works pretty darn well. Consider the benefits also of having such a lightweight camera (your phone) in your hand. <a href="https://medium.com/@dwolin/all-you-need-is-two-lenses-a-phone-camera-34cfd3c69ce1">Read More</a>