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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 554319" data-attributes="member: 24285">I am guilty of being &quot;Sir Cropalot&quot;&nbsp; It is not about the size of your zoom it is getting close enough either by zooming or by stepping closer so that your subject fills more of the frame.&nbsp; Shouting a macro of a bug - you can get within centimeters.&nbsp; Shooting a hawk flying high overhead - even with a super zoom at 500mm you are going to 'crop-a-lot'.&nbsp; Then what matters is how many pixels did you start out with - the more the merrier when mega-cropping.&nbsp; And how sharp is the shot.&nbsp; Several factor determine this.&nbsp; Some lenses are sharper than others.&nbsp; My new 200-500 Nikkor is way sharper than the Tamron 200-400 it replaced.&nbsp; Handheld?&nbsp; Best have good VR.&nbsp; Lighting - it is all about the light.&nbsp;&nbsp; And of course focus point.&nbsp; You need to have nailed it to be able to crop in real close and still be in focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 554319, member: 24285"] I am guilty of being "Sir Cropalot" It is not about the size of your zoom it is getting close enough either by zooming or by stepping closer so that your subject fills more of the frame. Shouting a macro of a bug - you can get within centimeters. Shooting a hawk flying high overhead - even with a super zoom at 500mm you are going to 'crop-a-lot'. Then what matters is how many pixels did you start out with - the more the merrier when mega-cropping. And how sharp is the shot. Several factor determine this. Some lenses are sharper than others. My new 200-500 Nikkor is way sharper than the Tamron 200-400 it replaced. Handheld? Best have good VR. Lighting - it is all about the light. And of course focus point. You need to have nailed it to be able to crop in real close and still be in focus. [/QUOTE]

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