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Travel with mFT. Advice on lens/body choice.

Started Mar 31, 2016 | Questions thread
aliasfox Senior Member • Posts: 1,375
Re: Travel with mFT. Advice on lens/body choice.

Chris Prinos wrote:

45mm was definitely useful when I wanted something longer - and with a 2x digital crop, you can get 90mm (180mm eFL) out of 8MP, which is plenty functional on the long end.

The digital crop may help w/ visualization, but the resolution hit is bigger than you suggest. A 2x crop will cut your resolution by a factor of 4x (so, 4 effective MP, not 8MP).

You're right. I avoid doing work that requires thinking in the morning (paperwork and emails instead), it looks like I should avoid writing posts that require thinking, as well.

I've seen other members of this forum swear by the digital teleconverter in-camera; I usually just crop in post processing to get the framing I want. Either way, a 45mm lens on a 16MP sensor should give a fair amount of working room for someone who likes working in short-telephoto.

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