African Safari lens/lenses
Jul 18, 2018 14:15:37 #
Take videos as they tell stories stills cannot, from my experience 4X in Africa. I took 80-400 and 1.4 teleconverter with a D7100. Took off the teleconverter after the first day and never used it again. The 80-400 sucked in dust which attached to the innermost lenses. Seemed to make no difference in photos, but visible when looking in the lens.
Jul 18, 2018 14:44:09 #
Moondoggie wrote:
I recently took a four week trip to South Africa,Botswana,Zimbabwe and Zambia. Rarely will you be walking around, most of the tours are in a Safari Land Cruiser. The guides get you very close to the animals, at times a bit scary...like 5 feet from a Lion or Leopard. I have a D5300 and took only one lens, Tamron 18-400 that worked very well for me.
Quite true. Some of my friend's shots, esp. of prides of lions (in Kenya) were at a distance. He also got wonderful shots of birds with that Bigma. Now with the new Contemporary, his effective f.o.v. will go out to 900mm. And yes, it's a long day in the truck, often standing up to 12 or more hours a day.
Jul 18, 2018 15:53:39 #
Jul 18, 2018 16:23:13 #
KEN SPECKLER wrote:
Have Nikon D7200 and 18-300. Thinking about buying 80-400.
Also considering another D7200 body to use with my 12-24 or 16-80.
Appreciate your thoughts/advice.
Also considering another D7200 body to use with my 12-24 or 16-80.
Appreciate your thoughts/advice.
Have you considered the Tamron 18-400mm? This way you won't have to change lenses in a dusty environment.
Jul 18, 2018 18:17:26 #
We went to SA, Zimbawe, etc. The animals came so close to our truck we could practically touched them. No need for telephoto lens.
Jul 18, 2018 18:59:17 #
Ken, we use the 18-300mm, 50-300 and 70-300 we use on the D700, and D300. With our D7200 the 70-300mm-P is sharp enough for us that once the image is enlarged on an HD screen, the numbers on a license plate a mile away are clear. Wouldn't mind trying the 18-400mm but would be more likely to invest in a straight 400mm. We have around 20 Nikon lenses from all eras and a select few Tamrons with VCII, including an oder 18-300mm that didn't have VC; it was only $60, but its quite sharp considering it's age. sv
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