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<blockquote data-quote="Elliot87" data-source="post: 467456" data-attributes="member: 25183"><p><span style="color: #000000">Could an admin edit the title to read <strong>"Super sharp 55mm vs 70-300mm"</strong> please. Thanks</span></p><p></p><p>I took some shots of a juvenile house sparrow today and it threw up an interesting comparison.</p><p>It allowed me to get quite close and as the 55mm was on my D7100 I grabbed that and took a few shots before it started hopping further away.I swapped for my 70-300mm and took some shots with that at 250mm f/11 where it performs well. In the end I was at a fairly similar distance from the bird with both lenses but the 55mm required heavy cropping. Here are the results below.</p><p></p><p>First up the 70-300mm uncropped with my normal editing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]165727[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Second is the cropped 55mm with almost the same editing (less saturation added as it renders colour much better). Shot at f/5.6 I think.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]165728[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Third shot shows how much of the frame the sparrow took up originally.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]165729[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The 70-300mm shot is better but I'm amazed at how close they are considering how much cropping was done. This has demonstrated to me the difference between a sharp prime and average zoom. The sooner I get a 300mm f/4 prime the better.</p><p></p><p>I also think this demonstrates the effect of focal length on the depth of field and ability to get blurred backgrounds. Even at f/11 250mm gives a much better background compared to f/5.6 at 55mm .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elliot87, post: 467456, member: 25183"] [COLOR=#000000]Could an admin edit the title to read [B]"Super sharp 55mm vs 70-300mm"[/B] please. Thanks[/COLOR] I took some shots of a juvenile house sparrow today and it threw up an interesting comparison. It allowed me to get quite close and as the 55mm was on my D7100 I grabbed that and took a few shots before it started hopping further away.I swapped for my 70-300mm and took some shots with that at 250mm f/11 where it performs well. In the end I was at a fairly similar distance from the bird with both lenses but the 55mm required heavy cropping. Here are the results below. First up the 70-300mm uncropped with my normal editing. [ATTACH type="full"]165727._xfImport[/ATTACH] Second is the cropped 55mm with almost the same editing (less saturation added as it renders colour much better). Shot at f/5.6 I think. [ATTACH type="full"]165728._xfImport[/ATTACH] Third shot shows how much of the frame the sparrow took up originally. [ATTACH type="full"]165729._xfImport[/ATTACH] The 70-300mm shot is better but I'm amazed at how close they are considering how much cropping was done. This has demonstrated to me the difference between a sharp prime and average zoom. The sooner I get a 300mm f/4 prime the better. I also think this demonstrates the effect of focal length on the depth of field and ability to get blurred backgrounds. Even at f/11 250mm gives a much better background compared to f/5.6 at 55mm . [/QUOTE]
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