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Capture It Right: Essential Camera Lenses for Video Blogging
A Vlogger’s Guide To Camera Lenses
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Unlocking Potential in 5-Second Videos
YouTube is one of the most leading social media platforms attracting a huge number of people each day. Recently YouTube has launched a new concept known as YouTube shorts which is a short, crisp 60 or fewer seconds of video content. YouTube shorts has been successful in attracting viewers to the platform. Along with the video the platform allows you to write a text which is a YouTube shorts description to give some idea about your video to viewers.
Let’s talk about in YouTube shorts description in detail and learn ways to write on the platform.
In this article
01 What is YouTube Shorts Description?
02 Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
03 How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
04 Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
Part 1: What is YouTube Shorts Description?
YouTube shorts description means a simple text or a message written below to your YouTube shorts giving an idea about the uploaded YouTube shorts video to the viewers.
Such a YouTube short description helps viewers in getting some hint about the video and to decide whether the video is what they are looking for or not. Also, we can also add additional information such as relevant links and hashtags to the video.
Source: adweek.com
Part 2: Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
YouTube shorts description plays an important role in attracting viewers and growing your channel. There are a few reasons behind is such as
It gives a simple idea and context about your video to viewers.
Attractive and appealing YouTube short descriptions would easily catch the attention of viewers.
It let viewers decide whether the YouTube shorts video is what they are looking for or not.
You can add relevant hashtags to your video in the description as well to gain more views.
Part 3: How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
Let’s talk about ways to write a YouTube shorts description with easy to follow steps:
Step 1: At first you need to open the YouTube homepage and select a Library in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Once you do that now click on any of your Videos.
Step 3: Then after pick a YouTube shorts video where you want to add a description and click on the three dots beside it. You would find a menu where click on edit.
Step 4: Now you can add the relevant YouTube shorts description and tags. Then click on save and you are all done.
So you can follow above mentioned easy step guidance and write the most iconic YouTube shorts description on your channel.
Part 4: Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
There are some of the key points to keep in mind while writing a YouTube shorts description. All these tips would surely help your videos gain more views.
1. Be specific
While writing a YouTube shorts description is very important that you are well aware of which keywords to use. Here your choice of keywords will play a key role in ranking your videos up.
2. Do keyword research
If you are not aware of the right keywords about your YouTube shorts then you could take online help of an online keyword planner. You must be including the right keywords on your YouTube shorts description to make it more searchable.
3. Know where to place your keywords
You should make sure to put your primary keywords on the first three sentences only and the reason is that users always would notice on the initial part of your description.
4. Track the keywords
Always keep an eye on knowing which keywords are working and which are not for you. It would help you decide your YouTube shorts description in that manner and generate more traffic.
5. Find other interests of your audience
Along with your video content have a look at what other things are attracting your audience. You can always check out that and based on that plan and deliver your upcoming YouTube shorts.
Conclusion
Thus YouTube shorts has become already successful in catching the eye of users and allowing the platform to grow. Along with the video, the platform allows users to add YouTube short descriptions to appeal audience in a right and effective manner. We have talked about YouTube shorts description and the importance of it in growing your video channel in detail.
Now it is time for you to pick the right YouTube shorts description for your video and get a maximum number of views on your channel.
02 Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
03 How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
04 Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
Part 1: What is YouTube Shorts Description?
YouTube shorts description means a simple text or a message written below to your YouTube shorts giving an idea about the uploaded YouTube shorts video to the viewers.
Such a YouTube short description helps viewers in getting some hint about the video and to decide whether the video is what they are looking for or not. Also, we can also add additional information such as relevant links and hashtags to the video.
Source: adweek.com
Part 2: Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
YouTube shorts description plays an important role in attracting viewers and growing your channel. There are a few reasons behind is such as
It gives a simple idea and context about your video to viewers.
Attractive and appealing YouTube short descriptions would easily catch the attention of viewers.
It let viewers decide whether the YouTube shorts video is what they are looking for or not.
You can add relevant hashtags to your video in the description as well to gain more views.
Part 3: How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
Let’s talk about ways to write a YouTube shorts description with easy to follow steps:
Step 1: At first you need to open the YouTube homepage and select a Library in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Once you do that now click on any of your Videos.
Step 3: Then after pick a YouTube shorts video where you want to add a description and click on the three dots beside it. You would find a menu where click on edit.
Step 4: Now you can add the relevant YouTube shorts description and tags. Then click on save and you are all done.
So you can follow above mentioned easy step guidance and write the most iconic YouTube shorts description on your channel.
Part 4: Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
There are some of the key points to keep in mind while writing a YouTube shorts description. All these tips would surely help your videos gain more views.
1. Be specific
While writing a YouTube shorts description is very important that you are well aware of which keywords to use. Here your choice of keywords will play a key role in ranking your videos up.
2. Do keyword research
If you are not aware of the right keywords about your YouTube shorts then you could take online help of an online keyword planner. You must be including the right keywords on your YouTube shorts description to make it more searchable.
3. Know where to place your keywords
You should make sure to put your primary keywords on the first three sentences only and the reason is that users always would notice on the initial part of your description.
4. Track the keywords
Always keep an eye on knowing which keywords are working and which are not for you. It would help you decide your YouTube shorts description in that manner and generate more traffic.
5. Find other interests of your audience
Along with your video content have a look at what other things are attracting your audience. You can always check out that and based on that plan and deliver your upcoming YouTube shorts.
Conclusion
Thus YouTube shorts has become already successful in catching the eye of users and allowing the platform to grow. Along with the video, the platform allows users to add YouTube short descriptions to appeal audience in a right and effective manner. We have talked about YouTube shorts description and the importance of it in growing your video channel in detail.
Now it is time for you to pick the right YouTube shorts description for your video and get a maximum number of views on your channel.
02 Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
03 How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
04 Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
Part 1: What is YouTube Shorts Description?
YouTube shorts description means a simple text or a message written below to your YouTube shorts giving an idea about the uploaded YouTube shorts video to the viewers.
Such a YouTube short description helps viewers in getting some hint about the video and to decide whether the video is what they are looking for or not. Also, we can also add additional information such as relevant links and hashtags to the video.
Source: adweek.com
Part 2: Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
YouTube shorts description plays an important role in attracting viewers and growing your channel. There are a few reasons behind is such as
It gives a simple idea and context about your video to viewers.
Attractive and appealing YouTube short descriptions would easily catch the attention of viewers.
It let viewers decide whether the YouTube shorts video is what they are looking for or not.
You can add relevant hashtags to your video in the description as well to gain more views.
Part 3: How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
Let’s talk about ways to write a YouTube shorts description with easy to follow steps:
Step 1: At first you need to open the YouTube homepage and select a Library in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Once you do that now click on any of your Videos.
Step 3: Then after pick a YouTube shorts video where you want to add a description and click on the three dots beside it. You would find a menu where click on edit.
Step 4: Now you can add the relevant YouTube shorts description and tags. Then click on save and you are all done.
So you can follow above mentioned easy step guidance and write the most iconic YouTube shorts description on your channel.
Part 4: Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
There are some of the key points to keep in mind while writing a YouTube shorts description. All these tips would surely help your videos gain more views.
1. Be specific
While writing a YouTube shorts description is very important that you are well aware of which keywords to use. Here your choice of keywords will play a key role in ranking your videos up.
2. Do keyword research
If you are not aware of the right keywords about your YouTube shorts then you could take online help of an online keyword planner. You must be including the right keywords on your YouTube shorts description to make it more searchable.
3. Know where to place your keywords
You should make sure to put your primary keywords on the first three sentences only and the reason is that users always would notice on the initial part of your description.
4. Track the keywords
Always keep an eye on knowing which keywords are working and which are not for you. It would help you decide your YouTube shorts description in that manner and generate more traffic.
5. Find other interests of your audience
Along with your video content have a look at what other things are attracting your audience. You can always check out that and based on that plan and deliver your upcoming YouTube shorts.
Conclusion
Thus YouTube shorts has become already successful in catching the eye of users and allowing the platform to grow. Along with the video, the platform allows users to add YouTube short descriptions to appeal audience in a right and effective manner. We have talked about YouTube shorts description and the importance of it in growing your video channel in detail.
Now it is time for you to pick the right YouTube shorts description for your video and get a maximum number of views on your channel.
02 Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
03 How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
04 Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
Part 1: What is YouTube Shorts Description?
YouTube shorts description means a simple text or a message written below to your YouTube shorts giving an idea about the uploaded YouTube shorts video to the viewers.
Such a YouTube short description helps viewers in getting some hint about the video and to decide whether the video is what they are looking for or not. Also, we can also add additional information such as relevant links and hashtags to the video.
Source: adweek.com
Part 2: Why is YouTube Shorts Description Important?
YouTube shorts description plays an important role in attracting viewers and growing your channel. There are a few reasons behind is such as
It gives a simple idea and context about your video to viewers.
Attractive and appealing YouTube short descriptions would easily catch the attention of viewers.
It let viewers decide whether the YouTube shorts video is what they are looking for or not.
You can add relevant hashtags to your video in the description as well to gain more views.
Part 3: How do you Write a Description on YouTube Shorts?
Let’s talk about ways to write a YouTube shorts description with easy to follow steps:
Step 1: At first you need to open the YouTube homepage and select a Library in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Once you do that now click on any of your Videos.
Step 3: Then after pick a YouTube shorts video where you want to add a description and click on the three dots beside it. You would find a menu where click on edit.
Step 4: Now you can add the relevant YouTube shorts description and tags. Then click on save and you are all done.
So you can follow above mentioned easy step guidance and write the most iconic YouTube shorts description on your channel.
Part 4: Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Shorts Description
There are some of the key points to keep in mind while writing a YouTube shorts description. All these tips would surely help your videos gain more views.
1. Be specific
While writing a YouTube shorts description is very important that you are well aware of which keywords to use. Here your choice of keywords will play a key role in ranking your videos up.
2. Do keyword research
If you are not aware of the right keywords about your YouTube shorts then you could take online help of an online keyword planner. You must be including the right keywords on your YouTube shorts description to make it more searchable.
3. Know where to place your keywords
You should make sure to put your primary keywords on the first three sentences only and the reason is that users always would notice on the initial part of your description.
4. Track the keywords
Always keep an eye on knowing which keywords are working and which are not for you. It would help you decide your YouTube shorts description in that manner and generate more traffic.
5. Find other interests of your audience
Along with your video content have a look at what other things are attracting your audience. You can always check out that and based on that plan and deliver your upcoming YouTube shorts.
Conclusion
Thus YouTube shorts has become already successful in catching the eye of users and allowing the platform to grow. Along with the video, the platform allows users to add YouTube short descriptions to appeal audience in a right and effective manner. We have talked about YouTube shorts description and the importance of it in growing your video channel in detail.
Now it is time for you to pick the right YouTube shorts description for your video and get a maximum number of views on your channel.
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