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The best lens for street photography in 2025: top options for every mount
By Matthew Richards last updated
BUYING GUIDE A good prime is often considered the best lens for street photography. Here are our top picks for being discreet on the street

The best Sony wide-angle lenses in 2025: widen your horizons, literally!
By Matthew Richards last updated
BUYING GUIDE These are the best Sony wide-angle lenses, for full-frame A1, A7 and A9 bodies, plus E-mount APS-C A6000-series cameras

The best lens for portraits in 2025: short-tele primes perfect for pictures of people
By Matthew Richards last updated
Buying guide Check out these picture-perfect portrait primes Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica and Sigma mirrorless cameras, plus plenty of budget-friendly alternatives

The best Nikon wide-angle zoom lenses in 2025: top Z-mount and F-mount options
By Adam Waring last updated
Buying guide The best Nikon-fit ultra-wide zooms will literally widen your horizons, and are a must for landscape and interior photographers

The best Canon lenses for DSLRs: go longer, wider and closer
By James Artaius last updated
Buying guide These are the best Canon lenses for DSLRs – and these EF and EF-S optics are still great to use on mirrorless cameras, too!

The best standard zoom lenses in 2025: fast everyday zooms
By Matthew Richards last updated
BUYING GUIDE Here's my pick of the very best standard zooms to replace your kit lens for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, L-mount, and MFT cameras

The best telephoto lenses: top zooms for bringing your subjects closer
By Matthew Richards last updated
UPDATED These are the best telephoto lenses for your camera, for Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm and more, both mirrorless and DSLR

The best Nikon standard zooms: everyday lenses for Nikon mirrorless cameras and DSLRs
By Matthew Richards last updated
Buying guide Upgrade your kit lens and invest in one of the best standard zooms for your Nikon Z-mount or F-mount camera
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