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Nikon DSLR Cameras
Out of Production DSLRs
D3000/D5000
D3000 and 18-55 mm lens
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<blockquote data-quote="snehs123" data-source="post: 53" data-attributes="member: 4"><p><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'New times roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I recently got a Nikon D3000 as my first DSLR camera. It came with a 18-55mm lens, but I'd like to also purchase a lens with a higher focal length for distance photography. I'm trying to figure out though if I should go for a lens with a 200mm focal length or a 300mm. Of course a 300mm will provide a better zoom, but I only need so much. Best way to figure out is to compare the how far away from the subject I can be with both focal points.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'New times roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'New times roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So say I wanted to take a full-body shot of a person from a distance (such as at a sport event), and I wanted them to take up at least 50% of the photograph. If I wanted to take a picture like that with a 200mm lens, about what is the furthest distance I can be away from the subject? What about a 300mm lens?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snehs123, post: 53, member: 4"] [FONT=Symbol] [/FONT][FONT=New times roman][SIZE=3]I recently got a Nikon D3000 as my first DSLR camera. It came with a 18-55mm lens, but I'd like to also purchase a lens with a higher focal length for distance photography. I'm trying to figure out though if I should go for a lens with a 200mm focal length or a 300mm. Of course a 300mm will provide a better zoom, but I only need so much. Best way to figure out is to compare the how far away from the subject I can be with both focal points. So say I wanted to take a full-body shot of a person from a distance (such as at a sport event), and I wanted them to take up at least 50% of the photograph. If I wanted to take a picture like that with a 200mm lens, about what is the furthest distance I can be away from the subject? What about a 300mm lens?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=New times roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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