Quote Originally Posted by Irie Times
What is the difference between Zoom and Prime?
A zoom lens has an adjustable focus length, like 18mm to 55mm, or 70mm to 200mm, etc. A prime has a fixed focal length.

Quote Originally Posted by Irie Times
Here is an example of what I am looking for:
A lense to do landscapes showing a close up of a flower for example and also showing the background exagerated distance however still sharp. I hope that makes sense
It's going to take a very wide angle lens to do this on a DSLR. On a 35mm SLR, a 20mm would be a good choice, but that's only about 30mm equivalent on a DSLR (assuming 1.5 factor). If you have the kit lens for that camera, then you're even wider than that. Sigma has a 12-24 zoom that might be what you want, it's about $650 I think though but there aren't many less expensive options. Canon makes a 14mm prime, but it's probably over twice that much; at least the Nikon equivalent is. This is a hassle on DSLR's...