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<blockquote data-quote="Elliot87" data-source="post: 554807" data-attributes="member: 25183">I did find something similar to this when I used both my Tamron 70-300mm VC and Nikkor 55mm 2.8 macro lens to photograph the same fledgling sparrow. In this case those I would say the 55mm is probably the better lens, it's certainly much sharper but I did have to manual focus with it and heavily crop afterwards. I was quite surprised by the results and it was one of the major moments that made me realise I needed a sharper telephoto for wildlife.The first shot is from the 70-300mm and is either the full image or a very slight crop but I think the former, second shot is 55mm heavily cropped. Both images taken at a similar distance from the sparrow.70-300mm[ATTACH=full]210461[/ATTACH]55mm crop[ATTACH=full]210462[/ATTACH]55mm full image to show degree of crop.[ATTACH=full]210463[/ATTACH]I was surprised by how similar they were in sharpness, especially considering that is a decent result for the70-300mm. I do prefer the 70-300 image because of the more out of focus background but as you found a sharp 55mm crop can at least match a shot from a less sharp longer lens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elliot87, post: 554807, member: 25183"] I did find something similar to this when I used both my Tamron 70-300mm VC and Nikkor 55mm 2.8 macro lens to photograph the same fledgling sparrow. In this case those I would say the 55mm is probably the better lens, it's certainly much sharper but I did have to manual focus with it and heavily crop afterwards. I was quite surprised by the results and it was one of the major moments that made me realise I needed a sharper telephoto for wildlife. The first shot is from the 70-300mm and is either the full image or a very slight crop but I think the former, second shot is 55mm heavily cropped. Both images taken at a similar distance from the sparrow. 70-300mm [ATTACH type="full"]210461._xfImport[/ATTACH] 55mm crop [ATTACH type="full"]210462._xfImport[/ATTACH] 55mm full image to show degree of crop. [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]210463._xfImport[/ATTACH] I was surprised by how similar they were in sharpness, especially considering that is a decent result for the70-300mm. I do prefer the 70-300 image because of the more out of focus background but as you found a sharp 55mm crop can at least match a shot from a less sharp longer lens. [/QUOTE]

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