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Hi,
I found your blog post “Choosing the right lenses for your safari” extremely helpful. It’s so succinct and to the point, and makes so much more sense than scrolling through a multitude of forum discussions where everyone weighs in with their own opinion.
One thing that I wasn’t sure about, however, was whether the focal lengths you refer to relate to a full-frame camera? I use a mirrorless camera with a 1.6x crop factor, so was wondering whether to treat my lenses as 1.6x their stated value when comparing it to the advice on your website?
Many thanks,
Tim
Hi Tim,
Yes & No.
If your selection of lenses covers a focal range from A->B then with a crop frame camera the range you cover will just start and end a little longer.
At the longer end it does not really matter as you have the benefit of greater reach with a 1.6x crop frame camera (or 1.5x crop in the case of Nikon). Your 70-200mm lens on your 1.6x camera will effectively be 112-320mm.
You do need to think about the wider end of your lens selection though. If you wish to shoot landscapes, large mammals or herds of animals then you will benefit from something around 24mm. On a 1.6x crop the 24-120mm zoom becomes 38(ish)-192mm which is probably wide enough for most subjects but if you take a lot of wide shots it may well be worth bringing something even wider.
hope this helps
Martin