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

Started Sep 11, 2021 | Questions thread
neilt3
neilt3 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,011
Re: Is 300mm (on Apsc) good for wildlife photography?
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Borteese wrote:w

I'm planning to photograph more average in size animals, comparable to sizes near cheetahs.

Comparable in size to a cheetah , or an actual cheetah ?

(Are you going to greyhound racing ?)

In the wild or a safari park or zoo ?

In the wild on foot , you'll be quite a distance away from large carnivores .

On a jeep with a guide on such as an African safari , you'll be much closer .

At a zoo , you'll be closer still .

If your in a safari park , where you drive through the enclosure , they might be jumping on top of your car , and a wide angle lens would be needed !

If you want help or advice you need to state what your doing , what your photographing , and how far away from it you are expecting to be .

Being as cryptic as possible just means people have to guess what you may or may not need , and end up suggesting unsuitable gear .

As it is I would suggest a selection of lenses ranging between an 8mm fisheye lens to a 600mm lens , and probably a 2x teleconverter , depending if your shooting on a full frame or crop sensor camera .

Although that range could be narrowed down a bit if you give us some information .

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