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Rory76
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Small zoom lens query

Post by Rory76 » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:07 am

I'd quite like to get myself a zoom lens for the airshow season, but don't have the money for a particularly big one. Could someone give me an idea of what I could expect from a 210mm or similar please?

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Re: Small zoom lens query

Post by Yunglee » Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:42 pm

Assuming that would be on a crop factor (DX) body here's a shot from RIAT arrivals day last year taken at 200mm and cropped in post by around 5% just to clean up the framing...

ImageF-22A Raptor by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

What camera do you have and how much did you want to spend?

Lee.

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Re: Small zoom lens query

Post by Richard B » Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:53 am

Plenty of 70-300mm lens on sites like Ebay, for under £100.

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Re: Small zoom lens query

Post by Rory76 » Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:06 am

Thanks for the advice, along with some off one of the Facebook groups I went with a second hand Sony 70-300, been very happy with the results so far.

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