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CT · 19-06-2005, 00:12

Paul, the ideal zoom lens would be about 10mm to 800mm and be about 4 inches long. :wink: Of course there's no such animal and if there was you'd need a mortgage to buy one. :wink:

Both your lens choices are the same max aperture, and the same max focal length (300mm) so the 70-300mm has to have the advantage in having the more flexible and useable zoom range, but it's so slight at 20mm difference as to be almost negligable.
I would imagine that for most of the none-insect wildlife you're likely to encounter - toads, small rodents, birds etc, you're not going to get close enough to worry about the short end capability of the lens and will probably find yourself using it at full or near full focal length most of the time.

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CT Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Mids UK Posts: 3,500	Paul, the ideal zoom lens would be about 10mm to 800mm and be about 4 inches long. :wink: Of course there's no such animal and if there was you'd need a mortgage to buy one. :wink: Both your lens choices are the same max aperture, and the same max focal length (300mm) so the 70-300mm has to have the advantage in having the more flexible and useable zoom range, but it's so slight at 20mm difference as to be almost negligable. I would imagine that for most of the none-insect wildlife you're likely to encounter - toads, small rodents, birds etc, you're not going to get close enough to worry about the short end capability of the lens and will probably find yourself using it at full or near full focal length most of the time.