A95 lenses

[bamas10]

I just bought my first digital camera, (Cannon A95). I am really enjoying it and was wondering if I could buy zoom lenses for it, like the EOS Rebel has. Keep in mind that I am very new to cameras and if this is a stupid question don't kill me. Thanks in advance.

[Monarque1972]

Hi Bamas!

Yes you can . Winde angle, telephoto and macro lenses. (but you'll need adapters) check out the lensemate website.

By the way, I have an A95 as well, and I though I was very satisfied with the first pictures I took with it, if I can give you an advice : Edit your pictures with a photo editing software and you'll just be amazed at what your camera will do for you.

I'm using paint sho pro version 8 to sharpen my pictures and boost the contrast a little and it's sometimes hard to believe that my pictures were not taken with a high-end camera.

Since I've switched from film to digital, I've learned that I REALLY NEED to edit my pictures to make them really beautiful, and the same goes for any digital camera, even the most expensive ones!!!!

regards

[Moniphoto]

Hello bamas:

I have the A95. I am having a fun time with the cam...If you buy a lense let me know where did you buy the lense? ...

I am thinking of getting one so let me know.

Moniphoto
Canon 35 mm
Power Shot A95
and a little more ;)...
Photography teacher

[Bodryn]

I don't know of any auxiliary ZOOM lenses for these; but as mentioned above there are auxiliary lenses that fit over the A series cameras. (You'll need an adapter.) Some of these will work with the A95 zoom also, so you can get some zooming that way but you need to test them out; some work better than others.

[Paul Engen]

You will not be able to use lenses like the D. rebel, but as already said, it is a converter placed in front of your lense - either narrowing or widening the field of view (you still use the zoom in your camera). I use the 2,4 x converter tele converter from Canon (OBS! You must use a spacer ring to use this lense - buy it at Lensmate), and it works quite well. I also use the 0,7x wide angle converter from canon - and that is almost a must photographing architecture in towns. I use the adaptors (and spacer ring) from Lensmate. The build quality on Lensmate adaptors is superior over the ones from Canon (aluminum vs plastic).

PS! Using the wide angle converter you can use the zoom in your camera to the full extent. Using the tele converter - you can only use the camera in the outer zoom are. Otherwise you will see the converter as black shades in the corner of the picture.

By the way, you have got yourselfe a great camera! I'm very pleased with it! "Monarque" said something about post processing your pictures. Find a picture edit tool (I use Photoshop) and use the USM (unsharp mask) in this program. You will probably find some good articles about how to use this tool on the Internet. The difference can be quite big, but use it with care (and save all post processed pictures as a copy!!!) If you use Photoshop you should also use "auto-levels" and "auto-color", and in most cases this will also give you great imrpovment in your picture. (USM is the absolute last thing you do before saving the picture.)