What Is The Use of Super Telephoto Lenses? Comparison of The Advantages And Disadvantages of Super Telephoto Lenses

A super telephoto lens is a lens with an extremely long focal length. There is no strict definition for this focal length. Generally speaking, a lens with a focal length of more than 300mm can be called a super telephoto lens.

1、What is the use of a super telephoto lens?

The ultra-telephoto lens can magnify distant targets and capture images with clear details at long distances. In this way, the photographer can be far away from the subject, or shoot when the subject is not easily close, and the subject’s condition will not be affected by the lens distance being too close.

Therefore, super telephoto lenses are generally used for shooting certain specific scenes, such as shooting at sports events, shooting wild animals, shooting at news scenes, and shooting related to aerospace.

The use of super telephoto lens

2、Comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of super telephoto lenses

(1)Advantages of super telephoto lenses

A.Can shoot from a distance

The biggest advantage of a super telephoto lens is that it can take clear pictures at a long distance, which is particularly useful for photographing wildlife, sporting events or other scenes where it is inconvenient to approach the target.

B.High image quality

The super telephoto lens has high resolution, so the images taken are of high quality and can clearly capture the details of the subject.

C.Outstanding depth of field effect

The super telephoto lens can achieve a smaller depth of field and can easily blur the background to better highlight the subject, so the captured image has a more prominent three-dimensional sense and depth of field effect.

(2)Disadvantages of super telephoto lenses

A.Heavy, requires a tripod

Super telephoto lenses are usually very heavy, and it is very difficult to hold them for long periods of time. They are also prone to blurring the image due to lens shake, which affects the image quality. Therefore, in most cases, super telephoto lenses need to be used with a tripod.

Use a tripod to stabilize the lens

B.Smaller aperture

Most super telephoto lenses have a relatively small maximum aperture, which makes it difficult to shoot in low light conditions. At the same time, the small aperture also limits the lens’s ability to blur the background.

C.Expensive

Compared with ordinary lenses, super telephoto lenses are more difficult to produce and have high requirements for lens quality, so their prices are generally higher.

D.High technical requirements for photographers

Super telephoto lenses also have certain requirements on the photographer’s skills, including exposure control, focusing techniques, and grasp of composition, all of which require the photographer to have considerable skills and experience.