Zoom Camera Lens

testing old lenses – nice diffusion effects with an old tamron zoom lens low light problems with an old wide angle lens Canon 50mm EF 1.8 ii Canon 28-70mm EF 4-5.6 ii (with macro, and fish eye) Tamron 70-300 EF 4-5.6 127DE still getting the chopping effect when the camera moves suddenly

I have a Nikon D40 and I am looking to buy another lens for it.
I want a lens with a better zoom than what the lens that came with the camera has. What is the best zoom lens I can get on a budget?
I’m going to a concert in July and I’d like to have [...]

Is the lens you put on a DSLR the only thing that determines the optical zoom or can the just camera body contribute to the zoom it has?

i have a nikon coolpix L3 5.1 megapixels. the camera was sitting on my bed wen i sat on it by accadent!(i know it sounds stupid) the camera was zoomed out wen i sat on it, so my butt pushed the zoom in. now it wont let me do anything w/ it. i turn it [...]

I want to buy a zoom lens for my girlfriends Canon EOS digital SLR for her for Christmas (sorry not sure the exact model). I have no idea about cameras and I have about £80 (US5). Is there something out there I could buy?

Hello! Looking to upgrade from a film SLR camera to a digital. Currently have a Pentax A3000 Date camera, and a SMC Pentax-A 1:4 Macro Zoom 70-210mm Lens.
The question is, what SLR cameras out there would the lens be compatible with? I have checked and it is compatible with Pentax’s digital SLR cameras, but they [...]

I wanted to buy a SLR but their zoom is so small. why? what am I missing? At canon the best zoom lens is 8x, and Samsung is selling 15x camera at 1/3 price. I know I’m missing something but what?
Can you recommend a combination of dSLR/Lens that will fulfill my needs?

I have a nikon N60 SLR with a 300 mm zoom, and am considering a digital now that they have the 12x optics and image stabilization. will the 12x bring me as close as the 300mm?

I’m a new DSLR camera user…learned many things by past few months..one thing I’d really like to know that are there any particular good settings to take snaps in more than 100mm…say like 150mm or even at full 200mm(through a Nikkor 18-200 VR ED Lens),Camera I’m using is Nikon D200.Whenever I go for longer zoom [...]

im looking at this camera and going to upgrade the kit to adding another lens so i can have a more advanced lenses. i am new to photography and this being my first camera expecatlly DSLR. i dont have that much to spend so i went for the Canon EOS Rebel Xs. it comes with [...]