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Bullitt · 06-13-2007, 08:31 PM

Lenses come in a wide variety of focal lengths LJ, specialized lenses for certain types of subjects such as wide angled lenses for landscape(~20mm and below), and telephoto (long ~300mm and above) for sports and the like.
Long story short, you can get some image distortion at the extremes of either end when using a zoom lens that has a wide range, like jinx's 18-200, but it depends on the lens.
So for me, I am looking to get a Nikon D50 and have two lenses, a 17-55 "walk around" lens, and a 75-300 telephoto for wildlife and sports and the like. What kind and what aperture range is her's if I might ask?

And to steve, yes there is a reduction factor due to the CCD being smaller than the 35mm negative. Example being: my 75-300mm lens will give me images that are like 105-450mm on a film camera.

06-13-2007, 08:31 PM	#5
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Lenses come in a wide variety of focal lengths LJ, specialized lenses for certain types of subjects such as wide angled lenses for landscape(~20mm and below), and telephoto (long ~300mm and above) for sports and the like. Long story short, you can get some image distortion at the extremes of either end when using a zoom lens that has a wide range, like jinx's 18-200, but it depends on the lens. So for me, I am looking to get a Nikon D50 and have two lenses, a 17-55 "walk around" lens, and a 75-300 telephoto for wildlife and sports and the like. What kind and what aperture range is her's if I might ask? And to steve, yes there is a reduction factor due to the CCD being smaller than the 35mm negative. Example being: my 75-300mm lens will give me images that are like 105-450mm on a film camera. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass. Last edited by Bullitt; 06-13-2007 at 08:40 PM.