helmarfernandes
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Hi. I'm a Brazilian enthusiast of photography. Forgive my terrible English.
I have a Nikon D5100 and there's something that may be very simple for you, but I still can't understand.
I've bought a 55-200mm lens thinking that with this lens I would be able to reach distant objects, since I've read that what really matters is not the zoom but the focal length in a lens.
So this is my question: I use to take pictures with a zoom camera (Canon SX110is) which is a 10x zoom with a focal range from 6 to 60mm. Since what really matters is the focal length not the zoom how can a 60mm lens can go further than a 200mm lens? Knowing that my crop factor in D5100 is 1.5x it means that I'm really taking pictures in 300mm. But this lens doesn't reach the half of the distance the Canon 6-60mm can reach.
To get the same distance what kind of lens I'll have to buy? I'm a fisherman and I use to take pictures of birds in trees with my old 10x optical zoom lens. What do I do now? Take the Nikon and put it in a box and continue using my old camera? Or do I have to buy a 600mm lens to take the same pictures I use to take before?
I know this is a very basic question for you, but this is confusing me.
I'll appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
I have a Nikon D5100 and there's something that may be very simple for you, but I still can't understand.
I've bought a 55-200mm lens thinking that with this lens I would be able to reach distant objects, since I've read that what really matters is not the zoom but the focal length in a lens.
So this is my question: I use to take pictures with a zoom camera (Canon SX110is) which is a 10x zoom with a focal range from 6 to 60mm. Since what really matters is the focal length not the zoom how can a 60mm lens can go further than a 200mm lens? Knowing that my crop factor in D5100 is 1.5x it means that I'm really taking pictures in 300mm. But this lens doesn't reach the half of the distance the Canon 6-60mm can reach.
To get the same distance what kind of lens I'll have to buy? I'm a fisherman and I use to take pictures of birds in trees with my old 10x optical zoom lens. What do I do now? Take the Nikon and put it in a box and continue using my old camera? Or do I have to buy a 600mm lens to take the same pictures I use to take before?
I know this is a very basic question for you, but this is confusing me.
I'll appreciate any advice.
Thanks!