kpmac wrote:
I don't think 200mm is enough reach for a safari.
Just saying; you don't want to be wishing you had
a longer lens for far away shots.
OTOH too many users with no long lens skills are
wishing that they had a longer lens for those far
away shots, but are blissfully ignorant of the poor
results that unpracticed users can get with much
more than about 200mm to work with. Some will
fare better than others. Some will be happy with
whatever result they manage, for better or worse.
There's some hawk portraits about 7 posts above
which exemplify this phenomenon. The user has
recommended the huge long lens that he'd used,
but the resulting image recommends against it.
So much depends on each user's expectations.
I'm just saying that where distances are involved,
novices are prone to wishing they'd brought more
FL without realizing that FL in and of itself will not
perform minor miracle. IOW regrets are misplaced.
Also, your driver and your territory are variables.
In some areas, a driver gets you "too close", right
into 24-105 range. My brother's wife made a face
to face shot of a cheetah with her tiny P&S. The
cat was sitting on the hood and she was riding in
the "copilot" seat. For that driver in that preserve
this was no big deal.
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