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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spottydumplings" data-source="post: 486329" data-attributes="member: 39844">Thanks.  If you are going whale watching the short end could be useful anyway; if you get dolphins bow riding or if they can get the boat reasonably close to the whales.  My last major trip away was a whale watching cruise but in sunnier climes (Baja) and larger species - Greys and Blues mainly - they got quite close at times.The lens will also focus quite close in at just under 6', giving a 1:4.5 macro ratio (actually better on a DX sensor, due to the crop), so you could shoot some smaller critters or flora.My avatar picture was also taken with this lens; handheld at 1/80th sec and 500mm.</blockquote>