DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

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

Started Sep 11, 2021 | Questions thread
John Crowe
John Crowe Veteran Member • Posts: 3,476
Re: Is 300mm (on Apsc) good for wildlife photography?
2

Without getting into details, 300mm is a good start.  Better to add a 1.4x, or go to a 400mm.  I don't do much wildlife so I make do with a 300/2.8 and 2x on a 50 MP full frame camera.

In a rush I shot a fairly distant moose with just a 300/4 and 21 MP full frame.  Cropping down to about 20% of image area still yielded sharp eyes.

Using an easily handholdable prime lens with teleconverters does provide flexibility and still very good image quality.

 John Crowe's gear list:John Crowe's gear list
Canon EOS 5DS R Canon EF 70-200mm F4L USM Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 AF 1.4x Venus Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero-D +15 more
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow