Football Photography and D700...

[Uhooru]

<p>Looking good Jennifer, it must have been all the good advice ;>)</p>

[photojen]

<p>Most definitely...</p>

[frank_skomial]

<p>"This doesn't make any sense. A crop is a crop. It doesn't "magnify" anything, it just cuts off the edges so you see only what would have been the center of a 24x36 mm frame." -...</p>

<p>- Yes, this is TRUE on FX cameras when lens is in the DX mode. There is no reason to use crop DX mode on FX camera with FX lenses, even if the 5 MP cropped pictures are good, no extra reach here.</p>

<p>"The only thing that gives you more magnification/compression is additional focal length." -...</p>

<p>- NOT exactly true. On Dx cameras, the sensor greater pixels density provides magnification, or reach.</p>

<p>Even though the 200 mm lens will not get mysteriously a 300 mm lens when placed on a DX camera, but the combination of the DX camera sensor magnification, and the 200mm lens will give together the greater reach of a 300 mm lens.</p>

<p>That is why wildfile photographers get recommendations to use a DX crop cameras, for practical reasons, and not only for the economics.</p>

[andre_noble5]

<p>Nikon D300, I use the 51 point dynamic tracking for ball sports. Best ever. All photos this page taken with 51 point dynamic af mode:</p>

<p><a href="http://andrenoble.com/Williams%20Basketball%20January%202009/Williams%20Basketball%20January%202009.html">http://andrenoble.com/Williams%20Basketball%20January%202009/Williams%20Basketball%20January%202009.html</a></p>

[steve_phillipps]

<p><em>"Something that wasn't mentioned..."</em></p>

<p><em>I mentioned it in the first post Ty, you obviously didn't scroll up far enough!</em><br>

<em>Steve</em><br>

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[ty_mickan]

Sorry Steve, I did miss that.

[steve_phillipps]

<p>No worries - my explanation was not as detailed as yours! Like you, I find it invaluable once you get used to it, even for slow work, portraiture etc., it just makes recomposing so much easier.<br />Steve</p>