For new photographers, many people cannot distinguish between fixed focus lens and zoom lens. Is it better for beginners to use fixed focus lens or zoom lens? How should they choose between them?

Fixed focus lens refers to a lens with only one fixed focal length, only one focal length, or only one field of vision. The fixed focus lens has no zoom function. It is simple in design, fast in focusing speed. It is stable in imaging quality.

The focal lengths of the most common fixed focus lenses are 24 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm, 85 mm, etc.

The advantage of fixed focus lens is that the aperture will be larger. The nearest focus distance is closer. The general volume and weight are smaller and lighter than the zoom lens covering this focal length. The sharpness and image quality will be better. Its drawback is that it is inconvenient to use. This can only be realized by the photographer moving himself when the shooting distance needs to be changed. If the content of the scene cannot be determined, you cannot take the picture you want.

Zoom lens is a camera lens that can change the focal length within a certain range. This is to obtain field of view angles with different widths, images with different sizes and different scene ranges. It can change the shooting range by changing the focal length without changing the shooting distance. It is beneficial to the picture composition. Since one zoom lens can act as several fixed focus lenses, it is suitable for traveling. It reduces the number of photographic equipment carried. This saves the time to change the lens.

The advantage of zoom lens is that it is convenient to use. You can change the composition by changing the focal length. The drawback is that the aperture is small and the price will be expensive. The volume is larger. It is lower than the imaging quality of the fixed focus lens in the same focal segment.

Should novice choose fixed focus lens or zoom lens? The most rumored one was to use a fixed focus lens to learn photography. This is wrong. If you want better entry photography, we should choose zoom lens.

Fixed focus lens does not help you get started with photography. Although the fixed focus lens has a larger aperture than the zoom lens covering the same focal segment, the imaging quality performance will be better. For example, we often have 35 mm F1.4, 85 mm F1.2, etc. They are keen on fixed focus lenses. For beginners of photography, the use of fixed focus lens may not improve the level of photography. Because the fixed focus lens has only one focal length, it is impossible for beginners to try more focal length choices.

For beginners, using zoom lens can better learn photography. Novices do not have profound concepts and ideas about the basic knowledge of daily framing composition, so they have better creativity. After the fixed focal length, the fixed focal lens limits the performance of beginners. Zoom lens can make it more convenient for beginners to use. Even if we stand still, we can try the composition differences brought by different focal segments by zoom. You can get familiar with different shooting methods of different focal segments quickly. The first thing beginners should do is to take the pictures they want, instead of talking about higher-level technologies such as aperture blurring and image quality. Photography needs a long time of practice.