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> I'm looking to buy a mid-range SLR digital camera, are there any > says "90 to 400 mm (35 mm equivalent)" and "Maximum magnification: 50/55mm is 1:1 real-life size. So your lens above is a zoom, from Why did you choose this lens? Would you never want to use a wide-angle http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-H-fs045200e-Lumix-45-200mm-F4-5-6/d... Jessops is well established, but the shops have gone right downhill -- Mentalguy2k8 wrote: Many, I'm afraid. It's not easy to know where to start.
> Hi,
> pitfalls I should be aware of?
> Also, I'm looking at zoom lenses to go with it, how do I work out what SLR users don't tend to talk about 5x, etc, especially those of us who
> magnification they are, eg 5x, 10x etc? For instance, this lens:
> http://shop.panasonic.co.uk/invt/hfs045200e
> Approx. 0.19x / 0.38x (35mm film camera equivalent)".
have been taking photos since the 1950s. What's interesting are the two
numbers of the zoom, e.g. 35 to 135, 90 to 400, etc.
medium long to very long, a little more than 4x zoom range. To confuse
matters, many mid-range digital SLR cameras have sensors smaller than an
original 35mm film frame, so the magnification of any lens is different
from when you use it on a "full frame sensor" camera. If you need to
know why, you should read up on focal length, e.g.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_length.
lens, as if you only have one like this, you wouldn't be able to.
> Can anyone tell me what this equates to? I'd preferably prefer to buy Pixmania will deliver at a good price, but I have heard that they are
> a camera package with a separate zoom lens, any recommendations for
> decent UK-based sites or shops? I'm currently looking at the Pixmania site.
not as friendly as some if anything happens to go wrong. I tend to use
Amazon if they have what I want. Here's your lens:
since the 80s, unless you happen to live near one of their large stores
such as the one in Manchester.
David