Best Focal Length

[Skirgey]

Hi whats the recommended focal length for Mach Loop ? and zoom or prime

Thanks

[reheat module]

I use both a crop and full frame and take a 70-200 and 300.
Seems to meet my needs well.
Zoom v prime...
For me zoom for flexibility, prime for quality (although nowadays, I think that argument is narrowing fast).
Think you mean focal?

[slogen51]

Depends if you are standing up!

[The Phantom]

I've never seen a post on here with that title before

[CookipediaChef]

I've never seen a post on here with that title before

[Thunderbolt II]

Why the long face...?

[Dan D'Air]

Horse walks into a bar. Landlord says "why the long face?"

[deerhunter]

Landlord says "we have a whisky named after you " and the horse replies "what, Eric?"

[sneezy24]

Ain't speel chequers wonderful!!!!

[C24]

I suppose that it depends upon weather ewe have long hare and a beered.. Off coarse, being balled Canned influense maters.
(Just trying to bee in line with dear hunter )

Seriously, take what you currently own, try 'em then decide what to buy.

Grob o/head at 5000' doing aeros - better than just wood pigeons I guess

[Dan D'Air]

Polar bear walks into a pub and puts it's front feet on the bar.
Landlord says "Why the big paws?"

[alanp]

Well at least it wasn't fecal length.

[Dan D'Air]

Well at least it wasn't fecal length.

I did think of that. but, not on 'ere.

[Skirgey]

I use both a crop and full frame and take a 70-200 and 300.
Seems to meet my needs well.
Zoom v prime...
For me zoom for flexibility, prime for quality (although nowadays, I think that argument is narrowing fast).
Think you mean focal?

Sorry for delayed rely and for title typo, I was posting from my phone and I am visually impaired so a phone keypad is a real nightmare and the stupid prediction thing is utterly useless.

I have a 300mm f4 prime and a 70-200 2.8 would be shooting on a crop sensor. I was expecting to need longer than 300mm I could I could use the zoom with 1.7 tc and do 120 - 340mm.

Thanks for the help

[Cornish-guy]

I think it depends what the cropping ability is like in your camera ontop of say - using your 300 f4 (stellar lens by the way)
As an example with my 300 f4 Nikkor and using it on my D7100 (24mp) the lens is eqv to 450mm on my cam to start with then with cropping if I crop to 1500pixels from 6000, that gives me an eqv fov as if I was using a 900mm lens, and its still a usable good photo.
Its all down to 1) how good your optics are 2) how good your focusing is and 3) how many MP's your camera is allowing you to crop.

Hope this helps.


C.

[The Phantom]

I use both a crop and full frame and take a 70-200 and 300.
Seems to meet my needs well.
Zoom v prime...
For me zoom for flexibility, prime for quality (although nowadays, I think that argument is narrowing fast).
Think you mean focal?

Sorry for delayed rely and for title typo, I was posting from my phone and I am visually impaired so a phone keypad is a real nightmare and the stupid prediction thing is utterly useless.

Yes the annoying predictive text would explain why you were asking about facial length rather than focal length
The first thing i turn off on any phone - i hate it

[Skirgey]

I think it depends what the cropping ability is like in your camera ontop of say - using your 300 f4 (stellar lens by the way)
As an example with my 300 f4 Nikkor and using it on my D7100 (24mp) the lens is eqv to 450mm on my cam to start with then with cropping if I crop to 1500pixels from 6000, that gives me an eqv fov as if I was using a 900mm lens, and its still a usable good photo.
Its all down to 1) how good your optics are 2) how good your focusing is and 3) how many MP's your camera is allowing you to crop.

Hope this helps.


C.

Same setup really I have D7100 & D7200 (better buffer) and the older 300 f4 non VR version.
I am not a fan of shooting in crop mode would rather use a TC the 1.4x wide open at f5.6 is still pin sharp on that lens.

[Cornish-guy]

I think it depends what the cropping ability is like in your camera ontop of say - using your 300 f4 (stellar lens by the way)
As an example with my 300 f4 Nikkor and using it on my D7100 (24mp) the lens is eqv to 450mm on my cam to start with then with cropping if I crop to 1500pixels from 6000, that gives me an eqv fov as if I was using a 900mm lens, and its still a usable good photo.
Its all down to 1) how good your optics are 2) how good your focusing is and 3) how many MP's your camera is allowing you to crop.

Hope this helps.


C.

Same setup really I have D7100 & D7200 (better buffer) and the older 300 f4 non VR version.
I am not a fan of shooting in crop mode would rather use a TC the 1.4x wide open at f5.6 is still pin sharp on that lens.

Yep same here D7100/300 f4 none AF-S vesion fantastic combo


C.