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Is 300mm (on Apsc) good for wildlife photography?

Started Sep 11, 2021 | Questions thread
WongRQ Contributing Member • Posts: 882
Re: Is 300mm (on Apsc) good for wildlife photography?
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Borteese wrote:

I'm trying to decide between a few lenses and I'm just wondering if 300mm is a good focal length for what I'm trying to do, or if I absolutely NEED a longer lens than that.

It depends on the type of wildlife photography you’re doing.

If it’s bird photography it’s definitely not enough. Many say to use 400mm on an APS-C body for bird photography.

If you’re shooting things that are larger and a little closer than birds, like elephants and rhinos, then it maybe it might be enough, but even then many shoot with a 70-200mm, and a 1.4X teleconverter. The ability to zoom is especially useful when you’re in the car.

I shoot bird photos and I use a SIGMA 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary on an EOS 7D and it works well.

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Canon EOS 7D Canon EOS 600D Canon EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 | C
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