You could do that with film - but I thought you didn't like cropping? "But if someone has to crop to 50% of the frame, they really need some serious remedial work on their shooting skills. Or to invest in a longer telephoto, one or the other!" MJ
This wouldn't be a contradiction would it? > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 February 2003 03:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Best cheap telephoto? > > > > I've been looking around lately for telephoto lenses 500mm > or longer. > > With some modern computer design, glasses, and coatings, I > was hoping > > to at least find decent but small aperture fixed lenses > pretty cheap. > > Will I find that all the truly long telephotos either cost > $5000, are > > mirror lenses, or are turkeys? > > > This is one of the huge advantages of digital IMHO. For > instance, a 300mm f/2.8 on a Canon D60 is the equivalent of a > 480mm f/2.8 on 35mm. You get the "teleconverter" factor > without the f-stop penalty. > > A 400mm lens becomes a 640mm. Even a lowly, inexpensive 200mm > becomes a 320mm. Not too shabby. > > --Mike > >
