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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris@sabor" data-source="post: 553850" data-attributes="member: 40915">There is a big difference between cropping and zoom. Cropping is removing pixels. The tighter you crop the fewer pixels remain and seriously impacts the IQ. Zooming magnifies the subject at full sensor size. Another thing you get with longer focal lengths is compression. The distance between foreground, subject and background appear closer. Macro is really not my area so there could be other effects that might impact your images. I shoot mostly wildlife and even with 600mm (effectively 900mm with crop factor) I still do a lot of cropping unless I am very close or the subject is large. I try to crop the least possible to get an image and composition that pleases me.</blockquote>