drebel questions

[bballboy30]

I am thinking about buying a drebel for wildlife photography. Does it work good for wildlife? Is the autofocus fast? Is it easy to shoot handheld?

Thanks for all your help.
Alex

[jaypie77]

Does it work good for wildlife? Is the autofocus fast? Is it easy to shoot handheld?

This depends on what kind of wildlife, where, and what kinds of lenses you use. Honestly, the most important factor will be your lens choice. If you are shooting wildlife in the wild, and not in a zoo, you will need a decent range lens. The autofocus should be fine and it should be easy enough to handhold.

[HJMinard]

I agree. For wildlife the lens is by far the more important factor.

The DRebel is an excellent tool for wildlife photography. However ... if you expect to try your hand at wildlife action (running or flying) shots, then it wouldn't be the best choice due to its AI Servo limitations. But if your subjects are relatively static, it will perform wonderfully.

[cmM]

shooting animals in the wild, can get rather difficult depending on the animals you're planning to shoot, and there are others that can explain that to you better than I can, but besides skills and patience, the rebel will work just fine. I shot some wildlife with my rebel. check my site for some examples of wildlife shots with the rebel and 75-300.

[bballboy30]

Thanks for all your help!!

I plan on getting a Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM AutoFocus Wide Angle Telephoto Zoom Lens - USA and a Sigma 170-500mm F5-6.3 APO Aspherical AutoFocus Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Cameras. It will run me a little shy of $1000.

By the way, I read that the DRebel multiplies the lens length by 1.6 times. Does this mean that the 28 - 200mm is really a 44.8 - 320mm lens?

Thanks again.
Alex

[TomC]

Thanks for all your help!!


By the way, I read that the DRebel multiplies the lens length by 1.6 times. Does this mean that the 28 - 200mm is really a 44.8 - 320mm lens?

Thanks again.
Alex
Oh no! LOL. xfactor time...

[bballboy30]

Oh no! LOL. xfactor time...

As you can tell I am new to digital photography. What does xfactor time mean?

Thanks.
Alex

[PacAce]

As you can tell I am new to digital photography. What does xfactor time mean?

Thanks.
Alex

Oh, NO!! Quick, retract that question before all HELL breaks loose!!!!! :shock: :shock:

[TomC]

As you can tell I am new to digital photography. What does xfactor time mean?

Thanks.
Alex
Save yourself some time and do a search on xfactor and crop factor on here. Tons of info.

[bballboy30]

I did some searching and am still a but confused. I think the 1.6 applies to the flash and if you have a 50mm lens the camera adjusts the flash as if you have an 80mm lens on. Of course I could be way off base here.

Alex

[Turbowolf]

maybe I'm wrong but I thought the x-factor meant that due to a difference in the sensor size vs. film size, the sensor (due to being smaller than film) increases the lense length by a factor of 1.6

Therefore, the 100-400 IS USM on a 35mm is really a 160-640 on a digital ... or have I got it all wrong?

[jaypie77]

Most simply: the sensor in the 300D (Rebel), along with several other DSLRs, is smaller than 35mm film. Thus, a smaller portion of the 35mm picture is captured, thus, the result give sthe APPEARANCE that a given lens is longer than it really is. The actual result of this is under intense debate, but it is commonly acceptable to say that a 100mm lens is "160mm effective." There is a lot of debate on this issue and reading about it can keep you very busy.

[bballboy30]

When the sensor captures a smaller amount, does it magnify the smaller portion to 35mm format? If so, does the image quality degrade?

Thanks.
Alex

[HJMinard]

I did some searching and am still a but confused. I think the 1.6 applies to the flash and if you have a 50mm lens the camera adjusts the flash as if you have an 80mm lens on. Of course I could be way off base here.

Alex

Check out this (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/dslr-mag.shtml) info - should be helpful.

[bballboy30]

Thanks HJMinard!!

I guess I was pretty far off.

Alex

[cmM]

Oh, NO!! Quick, retract that question before all HELL breaks loose!!!!! :shock: :shock:LMAO!!! :lol: