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Nikon AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR ED IF Lens
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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 213400" data-attributes="member: 12257"><p>NP at all. Imagine it this way... if you took a picture with an FX camera, you'd get a larger picture/frame than with a DX camera. When viewing it on your computer, you can zoom in to full size, but you're not seeing the whole picture, just a section of the original, so it's "cropping" your viewable angle. You can get the same result by just cropping the section you want out of a picture, and it will expand to fit your screen, seeming to zoom in closer. In reality, the only thing that really changed was in how much you limited the viewable area.</p><p></p><p>That's what the DX sensor is doing for you, with a crop factor around 1.5x. It LOOKS closer because you're getting a crop of what would normally be seen by a full frame sensor, so it fools the brain a bit, making the photo appear to be more zoomed in, when really it's just using less of a viewable area... here's a link to an article that made it click in my mind, so I hope it helps!!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/crop-factor-explained" target="_blank">Crop Factor Explained | Photography Mad</a></p><p><a href="http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/crop-factor-explained" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/crop-factor-explained" target="_blank"></a>The GOOD news is:</p><p></p><p>1) That 70-300 is a durn good lens and you're going to love it, especially considering the bargain price! I use mine a LOT!</p><p></p><p>2) If you ever choose to upgrade to a FX camera body, that lens will make the transition with you! I've made that decision with all of my extra lens purchases, making sure to get lenses that aren't specifically limited to DX, just in case I get the opportunity to step up to a D610 through some unexpected windfall in the future. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 213400, member: 12257"] NP at all. Imagine it this way... if you took a picture with an FX camera, you'd get a larger picture/frame than with a DX camera. When viewing it on your computer, you can zoom in to full size, but you're not seeing the whole picture, just a section of the original, so it's "cropping" your viewable angle. You can get the same result by just cropping the section you want out of a picture, and it will expand to fit your screen, seeming to zoom in closer. In reality, the only thing that really changed was in how much you limited the viewable area. That's what the DX sensor is doing for you, with a crop factor around 1.5x. It LOOKS closer because you're getting a crop of what would normally be seen by a full frame sensor, so it fools the brain a bit, making the photo appear to be more zoomed in, when really it's just using less of a viewable area... here's a link to an article that made it click in my mind, so I hope it helps!! [URL="http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/crop-factor-explained"]Crop Factor Explained | Photography Mad [/URL]The GOOD news is: 1) That 70-300 is a durn good lens and you're going to love it, especially considering the bargain price! I use mine a LOT! 2) If you ever choose to upgrade to a FX camera body, that lens will make the transition with you! I've made that decision with all of my extra lens purchases, making sure to get lenses that aren't specifically limited to DX, just in case I get the opportunity to step up to a D610 through some unexpected windfall in the future. ;) [/QUOTE]
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