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Whether you’ve just bought a new camera or been gifted a DSLR, there’s a good chance it came with a lens included in the box. These are usually called ‘kit’ lenses, because they’re sold as part of a bundle with your new camera. While you can spend thousands on specialized glass, these affordable starter lenses are designed to get you shooting right away. Most offer a generous range of focal lengths that cover the ‘standard’ zoom spectrum – from borderline wide-angle to short telephoto. With an entry-level DSLR, this usually takes the form of an 18-55mm lens. Things are a more diverse for mirrorless equipment, with popular focal ranges including 16-50mm, 15-45mm and 14-42mm (on Micro Four Thirds).  These inexpensive, jack-of-all-trade cylinders aren’t intended to trouble professional glass on quality. You won’t find maximum apertures wider than f/3.5-f/5.6 on a kit lens, for example, which limits your options when it comes to shooting in low-light and experimentin...

As we say goodbye to this past year (and decade) of PC gaming, it’s time to take a look in the rearview mirror and reflect on what our beloved platform has been through in 2019.  It’s been a year refreshingly free of big controversies and studio closures, while subscription services and streaming have begun offering intriguing new ways for us to play some of the  best PC games  ever made. Here are the highs and lows of PC gaming in 2019. The GPU drought is over  In 2018, surging demand for  cryptocurrency  caused investors to buy out GPUs on an unprecedented scale.  Crypto-miners would buy multiple copies of the same GPU, before installing them in gritty unloved rigs designed for the sole purpose of mining cryptocurrency (pretty much the PC hardware equivalent of a battery chicken farm). GPU stocks ran dry, prices skyrocketed, and PC gamers lost out. Thankfully, with the demand for crypto subsiding in 2019, we can once again get th...

Amazon's Fire tablets are unique, not just because they're extremely cheap, but also because they don't come with the Google Play Store. Instead, you get access to the Amazon Appstore, which might not have the exact app you're looking for. For example, Chrome and YouTube aren't available. Thankfully, the Play Store can be installed on Fire tablets in around 10 minutes, and you don't even need a separate PC. This is the ultimate guide to installing the Play Store on Fire tablets, with detailed instructions for every model produced since 2014. We have updated this guide with additional troubleshooting tips and clearer instructions. Enable installation from unknown sources The first step in this process is to enable apps to be installed from outside the Amazon Appstore. This allows you to open and install applications from downloaded APK files. First, go to the main 'Home' page on your home screen and open the Settings app. If you just ...