BUDGET-PRICED PRIME LENSES
The best thing about any interchangeable-lens camera is that you can mount the ideal optic for the shooting opportunity at hand. The worst thing is that additional lenses can be expensive to buy and cumbersome to cart around, and many of us find that a couple of optics – a standard zoom and a telephoto – cover pretty much any eventuality, so we’re reluctant to spend a fortune on extra lenses that might end up gathering dust.
But what if you could get an extra lens for fairly little outlay – one that’s reasonably compact, light and easy to pop into a spare corner of your camera bag? And what if that lens enabled a different style of shooting to your regular zoom lenses?
That’s a win-win situation, and here we’ve rounded up a selection of prime lenses that add value to your camera outfit in every way.
Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM £142/$99
Like most ‘pancake’ lenses, this one is about an inch thick, and a real lightweight at just 125g. It’s brilliant for
