Telezoom and superzoom lenses are very similar to standard zoom lenses, but they can zoom in further. A standard zoom lens usually has a focal length ranging from 18-55mm, where a Telezoom lens can range from e.g. 55-250mm, 70-200mm or 100-400mm. These long focal lengths make the lenses perfect for sports and wildlife photography.

Macro objectives are built to take pictures very close to their motifs. Although you can achieve similar effects with lenses that have built-in macro function, macro filters or extension tubes, you get the best results with a macro lens. These lenses are the perfect choice if you want to take pictures of insects, flowers or the like, where you have to go very close to get the right picture.

Wide-Angle or Wide Angle Zoom lenses can be used to get as much as possible within the frame of the image. This type of lens is great for landscape photography or for photographing architecture.

Prime lenses are different from all the other lens types in one way, and that is, they cannot zoom. This may seem like a negative, but it typically makes the lenses very good in other ways while being cheaper than zoom lenses. They often have a wide aperture e.g. f/2.8, f/1.8 or f/1.4. This means that they are ideal for portrait photography or photography in low light. It is also a good objective type for new photographers to improve themselves because they have to be creative to get the right composition of their images.