Similarities and differences between macro and telephoto

I. Similarities between macro lens and telephoto lens:

1, small viewing angle: the spatial range of the shooting scene is small, and the shot image is larger than the standard lens at the same shooting distance, which is suitable for shooting the details of distant scenes and shooting inaccessible subjects.

2. Short depth of field: It can make the subject stand out in a messy environment. However, this brings some difficulties to accurate focusing. If the focus is slightly inaccurate when shooting, the subject will be blurred.

Second, the difference between macro lens and telephoto lens:

1, the magnification is different. The maximum magnification of telephoto lens is 0.46 to 1, but the macro can be 1 to 1.

2. The focusing speed is different. Macro lens focuses slowly because of its high focusing accuracy and long focusing stroke.

3. The focal length is different. The telephoto lens not only has a short focus stroke, but also often has a focus stroke control button to speed up the focus, which is incomparable to the macro lens.

Extended data

Macro photography is one of the specialties of digital cameras. With macro photography, a very ordinary scene can also be made into a dramatic scene. Macro photography is especially good at expressing small things such as flowers, birds, fish and insects, and can fully show the details.

Moreover, you can also express your creativity freely in topic selection, composition and lighting, unlike taking pictures of scenery, people and folk culture, which are subject to many conditions.

A telephoto lens has a long focal length, a small viewing angle and a large image on the negative. Therefore, at the same distance, you can take larger images than the standard lens. Suitable for shooting distant objects. Because its depth of field is smaller than the standard lens.

Therefore, the background can be blurred more effectively to highlight the focused subject, and the subject is generally far away from the camera and has less deformation in the perspective of the portrait, making the portrait more vivid, so people often call the telephoto lens a portrait lens.

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